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Ryan got me turned on to lala which is a start-up that facilitates trading of audio CDs once you've become bored with them. It is one of a few new services that are trying to make money through sending entertainment-related physical media through postal mail. Essentially, they leverage the first sale doctrine in US law and provide a Netflix-like, peer-to-peer system where you ship CDs (with or without liner notes and art) to other lala users for one dollar. It's pretty neat, although still obviously in the beta phase, as Ryan points out. It's actually in private beta mode; they're about two or so months from launching publicly. Let me know if you'd want an invite when I get a few.