The recording racket:
In the US, the House of Representatives passed a bill
striking down the "work for hire" law, a change added to the Satellite Home Broadcasting Act (of all things) last
year, giving recording companies perpetual ownership of musicians' recordings
(which would otherwise revert to the musicians after 35 years).
The RIAA (who pushed for the change) are distancing themselves from it,
saying that it wasn't their idea.