<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by steampunk:
I almost agree. You may not do it for the money, but you never want some one else profitting from your work. The creator should have full control. Not some punk kid who decided to make copies and distribute them freely.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Who's profitting? Hell, last time I checked, Napster's all sponsored by it's parent company, and they sure ain't makin' too damn much from it. Yes, and in most cases the creators have full control, like now, try to download a Metallica song, that's a good example. And how, preytell, do you copy and distribute and MP3? It's not like dubbing a CD or a tape and giving it to someone, then they can actually use it. Unless you have a labtop, or a 100-300 portable player, the songs are pretty much stuck on your PC, with no other alternatives except the ones listed above.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>And what's this about real artists not doing it for the money? What the hell? Does bread fall from the sky when you're an artist? Do real estate agents say, "No, let that house be our gift to you..."?!?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Quarto, think about who's sueing here. They could put their profits together and only be a few notches below Mr. Gates. I mean, why in the hell are they complaining? Like LOAF and myself stated, CD sales are up some 10% or something like that, so that leaves those who are informed thinking WTF? and those who're not, thinking the same as steampunk, thinking that they
need more money.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Regardless of what happens to Napster, the music industry as we know it got DooMed when the MP3 format was developed. SDMI or whatever they're working on is not going to change that. Enjoy Napster while it lasts,
and if it goes down, move on to an alternative (they already exist). But keep buying WC soundtracks<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Good point. What if they started using MP3 as the format for CDs? Think about it. They players are out there now. What is it? Like 8 hours of music instead of 74 mins?
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Musicians will find a new way to make money.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Those who aren't lazy fools. To those few, lawsuits will solve mostly anything, basically because they don't have to do anything.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Napster does no more damage to the music industry than radios do. In the times before Napster, when people wanted music without buying it, they just recorded it straight off the radio.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
People still do that. (Myself included)
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Metallica isn't sueing them...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
That's BS. They are sueing them for 10 mil. $100,000 for every song traded.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>They will sue the renters of the site, NOT the Service Provider. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Ok, think of that statement from the Artists position. Do you really want to feel the effects of sueing 300,000 fans, figuring each of those fans have at least 6-10 friends who also like Metallica? Figure 1,800,000-3,000,000 people who don't like you, who will tell their friends...need I say more?
Plus, they banned those who
traded those MP3s. Not everyone knows a lot about Napster, Mp3s, etc work. Go to a high school and look at some of the stuff downloaded, you'll see what I mean. They'll download stuff from people on a 33.6 when they're on a T1. Not everyone's going to go looking at the file properties of those MP3s and go:
"OH MY GOD! I HAVE AN ILLEGAL MP3!" Ask some people if they have illegal MP3s on their computer. Alot of the average uses will go:
"There's such a thing?"
Not everyone knows as much as the majority of us here to, nor do those people care. They just want to listen to music. The day Napster made Metallica songs unavailable, I had at least 30 of my friends call me, because they couldn't get it to search for them. This is really, really long, but I had alot to say, so if you're with me this far, thanks
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[This message has been edited by Knight (edited June 04, 2000).]