Major music labels are responsible for all the illegal downloading of music. Because they stubbornly fought technology left and right instead of adapting to new technology, people are stealing the lion’s share of music they’d have otherwise bought. One of the companies music labels are furious about is LaLa.com. It’s a service that allows you to take CDs that are gathering dust on your shelves and trade them to someone who has a CD that you’d rather own. LaLa makes a finders fee of a buck from each of you to arrange a trade, and it’s been so successful. And now, LaLa has started something new. They pay the labels for music and make it available for you to listen – for free – on your computer. It’s a loss leader for them, but they’re hoping you hear something you like and then buy the album at normal market prices. That’s the only way they are going to make money. So if you just want to listen to music, you can hear all you want for free at Lala.com!