A DNS system for file on P2P networks:

Scott Matthews, developer of the Andromeda digital music  service and jukebox, has posted a proposal designed to manage some of the mayhem in the P2P world.  The idea,  dubbed DRUMS, suggests:

Essentially, the idea is to create a central database, along with an authority (or a handful of authorities) that  can add/update it. The root DRUMS database would likely include data such as author names, work titles, publication  dates, types of work, file checksums, flags indicating which rights remain reserved and which rights have been granted,  and so on. It would not contain the actual works themselves.

Something to think about.  A means for ascertaining the owners of creative works, knowing what rights the  authors would like to pass along and so forth.  (Note: I am one of the people posted on the sidebar of the site  supporting the proposal).

Alf Eaton does it again:

Alf Eaton has created a sort of musical browser which automatically displays related music. It's called Flitter.

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