emit - I feel your pain, brother...but To quote the article: <u>"Whichever plan is approved by U.S. regulators will be <b>retroactive</b> to October 1998, when the Digital Millennium Copyright Act took effect."</u> So, whenever the Congressional Copyright Office (180+ days, likely!) then the beancounters can calculate any back-royalties due. I don't think that this necessarily pushes back the timelines of MusicNet/pressplay/content subscriptions, or EDIG's business plan. What do you think? BoSox