Five years ago

The RIAA predicted that their legal actions against filesharers wouldn;t be a success - one of the few times they've been right in the last decade;
Reggae producer Neil Fraser claimed that everytime someone was killed by a gun, it was Radio One's fault;
a bullish EMAP was plotting a US launch for Q
and, in an early sign of heading off the rails, there were rumours of a Britney/Durst collaboration.