I was going to make an interesting entry full of interesting things, but then I stumbled across the National Jukebox, and my brain is full of nothing but NO.

The National Jukebox sounds like it's really cool - it's a collection of streamable music from the early years of recording (1901-1925) made available over the internet through the Library of Congress. Sounds awesome, right?

The thing is, none of the songs are downloadable. It's streaming only. Why?

"Recordings in the Jukebox were issued on record labels now owned by Sony Music Entertainment, which has granted the Library of Congress a gratis license to stream acoustical recordings."

NO. NO. NO.

There is no reason on God's green Earth why the Library of Congress should be accepting conditions from Sony on how they distribute music that was recorded and published 110 years ago.

NO.