Now get busy

Uh, duh: "Downloading music from the Internet is not illegal. Plenty of music available online is not just fee but also easily available, legal - and most important - worth hearing."

That's the opening paragraph from the NYT's bit on downloading music (in Friday's paper).

The part I just don't get is why critic Jon Pareles assumes that his readership is so out of it they don't know about downloading music. It's old news and weak. Despite the opener the peice is worth reading and has lots of links to free music sites.