THe question will be (or is) are they part of the RIAA? If so they will be doing the Indies a great disservice. If not (and I hope so) this give the big 5 something else to worry about, more sales to the small guys and less to them.

As the above article it states, 25 % of the sales goes to indie labels (the hard copies, CD's etc...) and right now none of the on-line MP3 sales are for the Indie labels/Artists, I'm sure the RIAA will try to pull the indie labels in or Loudeye (both?) to control the sales and get their share (fair share, I doubt that) or maybe try to squash the Indie on-line sales by putting agreements in place that the on-line seller cannot sell competing products. That would be just like them in trying to control the market.