Solar Eclipse Anyone?..

Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

So did anybody stay up, or wake up to the promised partial solar eclipse? Me either. Things always get built up far too much these days, thanks to the wonder that is online media. There are of course countless examples; the last 3 World Cups, Christmas, new year, student protests, the Iraq war, the Afghanistan war, US embassy cables, religion, basically everything.

Until recently, music was exempt from this. People then decided to release wild "facts" about how many people were "illegally" downloading music. The fact of the matter is musicians make very little money from album/single sales, they make money from touring and merchandise. For many artists giving their music away for free allows them to build up a fan base so people can actually attend their gigs and buy their t-shirt or mug. The only people who really make money from albums/singles are the big record companies, and this is precisely why most free downloads have now become illegal, it's simply a case of the best lawyers win, as always.

I think we should have some lawyer world championships where they all fight it out using wigs and and gavels. We could turn it into a weird TV show like The Apprentice/X Factor/BDO World Darts Championship. If you want to invest please email me at andy0089@hotmail.com.