And then you can take a look at the whole "illegal" issue this way: Your friend (or yourself) hears this song on the radio. So, you think to yourself, "If this song is this good, what about other songs on said album..." After searching around on Napster, you come across the remainder of the songs on the CD, d/l `em, find out you like that CD, go out and spend the $15-20 for it. That particular method is exactly how I puchase my CD's, (at which point, I pop `em in my burner just in case someone wants to borrow that CD). Keeps me out of trouble, keeps my friends out of trouble. As for the "go out and sue Napster" bandwagon, there is nothing that can be done to the bootlegger until you go and resell the mp3's either on a CD-R, or the like. Just having them stored on your computer is not a crime. Napster is not a tyrant, it is a blessing.
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And then you can take a look at the whole "illegal" issue this way: Your friend (or yourself) hears this song on the radio. So, you think to yourself, "If this song is this good, what about other songs on said album..." After searching around on Napster, you come across the remainder of the songs on the CD, d/l `em, find out you like that CD, go out and spend the $15-20 for it. That particular method is exactly how I puchase my CD's, (at which point, I pop `em in my burner just in case someone wants to borrow that CD). Keeps me out of trouble, keeps my friends out of trouble. As for the "go out and sue Napster" bandwagon, there is nothing that can be done to the bootlegger until you go and resell the mp3's either on a CD-R, or the like. Just having them stored on your computer is not a crime. Napster is not a tyrant, it is a blessing.