On the same theme as before...

One step forward, one step backwards (or is it the opposite?):

A music publisher has issued an unusual mea culpa in the digital copyright wars, apologizing over legal threats that led a software programmer to pull an application he'd written that automatically scours the web for song lyrics.

This is exactly the kind of story you rather not read about. Why? Yes, the ending is a happy one, but how many inventions are not being created because the inventor is scared he will be sued? It's obviously hard to point to those missed opportunities because - well - they don't exist, but it's clearly not a very positive development.