When a programmer colleague at Namco Bandai approached Sampling Masters Aya and Mega to score an Xbox Live Indie shooter he was crafting in his spare time, the
sound team supported his
independent vision by financing the score themselves and publishing the soundtrack album through their privately owned
label Sweep
Record.
Performers and
record companies, from the major players to
independent labels, have reacted to the review's recommendation not to extend the 50 - year term of protection for
sound recordings with dismay.