I read this last week but forgot to post it: Lessig weighs in on the Grey Tuesday controversy. Interesting bits:

Should the law give DJ Danger Mouse the right to remix without permission?

I think so, though I understand how others find the matter a bit more grey.

Should the law give DJ Danger Mouse a compulsory right to remix? That is, the right, conditioned upon his paying a small fee per sale?

Again, I think so, and again, you might find this a bit less grey.

But should the record companies give artists the right to choose to free their content so that artists like DJ Danger Mouse could remix without seeking permission first?

There is nothing grey about that question. It is absolutely black and white. Artists should at least have the right to free their content to mash or remix. And record companies absolutely should not stand in the way of at least that.

After doing so much to destroy their reputation in the eyes of most consumers and artists, signaling at least this would be a useful first step towards showing that the record companies care about “their” artists first.