A little late?

Update: Read the official statement from Archive. The audience recordings are back...

I didn't really plan on posting anything on this subject, but why now? If you have been underneath a rock the past few days...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/arts/music/30dead.html

Other than the simple point of the finger to greed, I don't understand why they would pull them off the archive now instead of 5-10 years ago. This is a very big loss to the community, hopefully it'll be steered in the right direction.