Free beer! Free live records! Not-so-free records! For most of today’s music listeners, attaining music is a non-issue. Online stores such as iTunes, online libraries like Grooveshark or Pandora, and various other less legal means have made music all too available over the Internet.

The first time I saw a preview for the new movie “Dear John,” I wondered why they would name a supposed love story the term used for break-up letters. All throughout the preview, the main female character, Savannah (Amanda Seyfried), writes letters to her army boyfriend John (Channing Tatum), all beginning “Dear John.” As could be expected, the title—and the use of this line—foreshadow a major plot point.