Jinx wrote:
>Roman wrote:
>> Napster has been an opportunity for the smaller musicians
>> to get their music in front of the world without selling
>> the next ten years of their lives to the crooked music
>
>OTOH, I've seen several local bands, yet to hit the big
>time, who's already meagre income has been slashed
>dramatically by web downloading. In one case (a good
>and therefore desirable band) by 85%. As a musician
>too I know that makes it economically uncomfortable
>


This is a good point - re Napster. To me, the better use of
the web is to disseminate new/non-mainstream information/music/etc
rather than to invent new ways to rip off someone else.

Using mp3 and Napster to introduce new artists is fine, using it
simply to rip off established ones - well, the judge has already
spoken.

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