Industry doesn't want big selection (Score 1)

The proposal in the article is not a silver bullet. From the article:

a simple computer program, such as those already in use on Internet retail sites, could track people's purchases and help them to dig through what would become a massive repository of music on the Web.

This is precisely what the big companies of the music industry don't want. They want high demand for a small number of items so they can charge a lot for a CD loaded with filler. Along the same lines, performer recognition is preferred above performer selection, again increasing the chance people will buy filler.