Where Music Will Come From

em.a18 writes "There is a good article in the NYTimes about how we use music and how it changes after Napster. The article even suggests some good business models. Nicely done!" Yeah you need a free registration to read it, but it's a good piece. I like the quote 'With digitization, music went from being a noun, to a verb, once again. '

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Re:Abuser galore

[ArnoldYabenson]

If the Times provides these pages (which, by the way, are loaded with ads to subscribe to the Times) without registration, what is the problem with accessing them?

How is loading a publicly-available webpage "cheating?" Especially when people have quite legitimate issues about spreading their personal info around -- we all have to make our own choices about what justifies revealing ourselves.

Note: I've been registered with NYT for several years.

Re:Abuser galore

[ArnoldYabenson]

I am not harming any companies by exercising my right to free information on the Internet.

A little bit of trolling is like a little bit of spice. When the spice takes over the dish, it's too much.

On the off-chance that you may not be troling, however...why would you have a "right to free content on the Internet," but not have a "right to free apples from the orchard by the highway?"

Just like an apple taken by you could be sold to another (thus depriving a farmer of income), the bandwidth you use could be provided to a "paying customer." What intrinsic difference are you talking about in these two exchanges?

(To moderators: Before hitting that "off-topic" checkbox, consider the same principles applied to this gentleman's "right to free music on the Internet.")