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Napster Alternatives Coming Strong

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who's-surprised-by-that dept.

viking099 writes "File swapping programs such as Morpheus, Grokster, and Kazaa (all based on the same software from FastTrak) have grown over 480% in the past 4 months, and are set to break the 1.57 million concurrent connection record that Napster set." So who exactly is surprised by this?

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  1. Re:GPL and Napster-like things by grytpype · · Score: 2, Troll

    "why are people setting up these elaborate networks to share music in the first place?"

    Answer: to get something for nothing.

    The argument that P2P is the record companies' fault because they just aren't keeping up with technology is totally fucking bogus. When the record companies try to charge for music on the web, as they are about to do with Napster, they'll be laughed at and ignored because we don't want to pay ANYTHING.

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