Artists should be paid for the music that they create. That is really the only beef that I have with Napster. Should a record company be reimbursed for online 'sales' of MP3s? After all, record contracts give exclusive publishing rights to the record company (Most major record labels own their own publishing company). So regardless of whether or not the record company publishes the music, some sort of royalty or agreement still has to be paid to them. Once an artist is somehow freed from the record label's monopoly, all the label would be is a distribution company for CDs. See why they would be so afraid of internet distribution?
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Artists should be paid for the music that they create. That is really the only beef that I have with Napster. Should a record company be reimbursed for online 'sales' of MP3s? After all, record contracts give exclusive publishing rights to the record company (Most major record labels own their own publishing company). So regardless of whether or not the record company publishes the music, some sort of royalty or agreement still has to be paid to them. Once an artist is somehow freed from the record label's monopoly, all the label would be is a distribution company for CDs. See why they would be so afraid of internet distribution?