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The songinfo.pls format seems to remain the same, but there is a new file called library.xml which is strikingly similar to ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml.

If this file is necessary for interaction with 2.0a, do you reckon there's an easy way to get icommune_indexer to generate it?

This is a small perl script that will generate playlists for servers that do not run Mac OS X.

Yours truly uses it on his Linux box that serves MP3s to the whole house. /usr/local/bin/icommune_indexer.pl .mnt/music is triggered by a cron job every night. To install the libraries, you can use debian's apt, CPAN, or whatever floats your boat.

Years ago, many warned Hilary Rosen that killing off Napster ( a company that WANTED to do business with them) would lead to the Hydra-effect: an emergence of multiple, more difficult to control services that would fill the Napster void. This was, of course, exactly what happened.

With the announcement of even greater antifilesharing efforts by the labels and the brick and mortar dealers trying to get into the digital game, one must wonder when the music industry will finally realize that the days of sellling copies of Intellectual Property are fast fading, and that directing resources and effort into palatable alternatives (hardware please, that streams any record ever recorded to my stereo rack) is the only alternative?

If they succeed in killing Kazaa, a thousand more services will pop up in its place. iCommune is already connecting iTunes users via P2P.

Legal control over culture has never worked before, what makes the RIAA and labels think it will work this time?