1.   In the process, they provide a do-it-yourself, grass-roots system for distributing music.

2.   Los Angeles-based Interscope has been dogged by controversy for distributing music with violent lyrics by rap musicians such as Snoop Doggy Dogg.

3.   Meanwhile, PlayMedia Systems Inc., a developer of technology for distributing music over the Internet, has sued Nullsoft, alleging copyright infringement.

4.   Monti later dropped that concern and focused primarily on the issue of distributing music over the Internet.

5.   And its members are now developing their own fee-based services for distributing music online.

6.   The major labels initially opposed distributing music digitally out of fear of piracy, but several have been experimenting with ways to distribute music securely.