Huey: I have a mathematics question.
Teacher: Yes?
Huey: Let's say a record label gives a new artist a six-figure advance against royalties, but that advance doesn't cover all the costs of making his CD, which he has to pay. Then they give the artist an 8 percent royalty, which doesn't allow him to cover the advance, leaving him bankrupt and enslaved to the record label even though they make a profit off his CD.
Teacher: (sigh) Yes?
Huey: So my question is, how many tons of explosives should we use to blow up the RIAA when they say they're shutting down Napster to protect the artists' rights?