ZAPPA

In 1983, Frank Zappa copyrighted "A Proposal for a System to Replace Ordinary Record Merchandising." Great sentence:

"Every major record company has vaults full of (and perpetual rights to) great recording by major artists in many categories which might still provide enjoyment to music consumers if they were made available in the right way."

I was made aware of this by @hellatightshit, who was made aware of this by @carlmayer, who is the brother of @johncmayer.