If you can get a sane judge, most likely it will play out like the betamax case. Somehow, given this judge's previous decisions - I got to say this - she's bias. I know - how can I make such a statement, quite simply, I don't think she knows what is at stake here. Whether she has been overwhelmed by the incessant whining of the RIAA, or she believes that this only deals with "piracy"- as the RIAA see it, I don't think she gets it *(excuse the redundancy).
I don't kniow about you but, I'm certainly buying more music. If The RIAA would ask a simple question to Napster Users: Now that your're sampling a greater variety of music are you buying more cd's? Most likely the answer will be yes. Compare the sales figures before MP3 and afterwards.
The internet is an amazing thing. We can now assimilate an amazing amount of information. With greater speed we can discard the wack shit from the good... Oh, this must be what they're afraid of.
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If you can get a sane judge, most likely it will play out like the betamax case. Somehow, given this judge's previous decisions - I got to say this - she's bias. I know - how can I make such a statement, quite simply, I don't think she knows what is at stake here. Whether she has been overwhelmed by the incessant whining of the RIAA, or she believes that this only deals with "piracy"- as the RIAA see it, I don't think she gets it *(excuse the redundancy). I don't kniow about you but, I'm certainly buying more music. If The RIAA would ask a simple question to Napster Users: Now that your're sampling a greater variety of music are you buying more cd's? Most likely the answer will be yes. Compare the sales figures before MP3 and afterwards. The internet is an amazing thing. We can now assimilate an amazing amount of information. With greater speed we can discard the wack shit from the good... Oh, this must be what they're afraid of.