Introducing "FreshMu", for Friends Sharing Music. Here's my theory.

It has never been illegal for a friend to make you a personal copy of a song. Indeed, this fact has been used by proponents of file sharing, who argue that those who share files are simply letting friends in on their collection. Problem is, of course, that sharing music by file swapping lets you share with lots of people.

FreshMu is simply, honestly, friends sharing music. Perhaps it's a 'standard' of some sort for people to use to share music. Maybe, for example, everyone posts their FreshMu requests or offerings in a similar manner, so people know when they've encountered a FreshMu post.

Here's my first FreshMu post:

<FreshMu>
  <preamble>
I am searching for the following music. If you consider yourself to be one of my friends, please let me know if you would let me have a copy of these pieces of music.
  </preamble>
  <request>
     <artist>Gerardo</artist>
     <title>Rico Suave</title>
  </request>
  <request>
     <artist>The Presidents of the USA</artist>
     <title>Lump</title>
  </request>
  <request>
     <description>That song that goes, "I've got my mind seeet ooonn yyooou"</description>
  </request>
</FreshMu>