Feelings on Napster?

yuve gone to war, no questions asked, even when wrong?!? 'nuff said...

The music industry is complaining because sales are down. Whose fault is that? They release so much "music" that is just garbage and then wonder why it doesn't sell.
Napster helps sell music to people who really like music. I go to napster to find out if I like something. If I like it I buy it. Everything down loaded from napster sounds like crap but it at least gives you an idea what you're getting yourself into. At the current cost of CDs who wants to take a chance anymore. The days of buying an album for $5.00 because you like the cover are past. The record companies are tightening the noose. They think the noose is around the neck of napster but that's really their own neck. I should feel sorry for the purveyors of Kid Rock and his ilk? I don't think so.

I'm a professional musician. Napster is stealing money from recording artists, plain and simple. Just because they're "artists" doesn't mean they shouldn't get paid for what they do. Don't fool yourselves, folks - it is theft.

By stealing, you are discouraging artists from putting out new material.

jw