"As for 20 vs 278 million, yes, 20 million is indeed a minority. But it is 20 million Now, less than a year after Napsters release. How many do you think it will be in one year?" 20 million individual users? or 20 million different user id's? How many in a year... depends on how much Napster charges and hypocritical the users are when the well runs dry. Please don't quote polls that say, "I promise I would pay to play if only it was available." We weill have to wait and see.
Excellent question. My rather blunt response is, there has to be a balance. It's not about stopping the trading of music it's about using the technology to trade in a responsible and considerate manner.
As we have stated over and over again the goal of the cuckoo egg project is two-fold: 1. To push the discussion to a wider audience as the implications of online piracy will eventuallyhave far reaching consequences (as the author of the previous post wisely alludes to) 2. To expose the hypocrisy in the rational that Napster users in defense of their actions.
To beat a dead horse but - There is an endless number of sites where music can be exchanged with the artists consent without paying. Just about any artist can put their music on the web with relative ease.
I'm drifting from the question raised. My view is that the world of Star Trek didn't evolve from a theive's den. Artists (musicians, filmakers, etc)and their audience, the general public need to work together to use technology to bring down the existing corporate structurewhere the few get the most and the rest get the crumbs.
There should be a mutual respect and appreciation for each person's efforts. Well, there I go again into my utopia world - go ahead rip into my ignorant and simplistic dream - at least try to be constructive.
Not a wise propostion as this could be traced back to your computer and you could be held accountable. Besides, deafing people or blowing their speakers isn't polite. http://www.hand-2-mouth.com
Here's a hint - We have 7 - 13 client machine's going in two different locations (East & West coast) and we change the user id's every now and then. I would guess that based on a fair number of posts to this thread there are a bunch more folks who now have funky files in their napster music files.
That's the spirit - join the fun - we've been at this alone for too long. Plenty of "great idea" comments early on but not many folks willing to risk it. Risk it?! Damn!
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"As for 20 vs 278 million, yes, 20 million is indeed a minority. But it is 20 million Now, less than a year after Napsters release. How many do you think it will be in one year?" 20 million individual users? or 20 million different user id's? How many in a year... depends on how much Napster charges and hypocritical the users are when the well runs dry. Please don't quote polls that say, "I promise I would pay to play if only it was available." We weill have to wait and see.
Excellent question. My rather blunt response is, there has to be a balance. It's not about stopping the trading of music it's about using the technology to trade in a responsible and considerate manner.
As we have stated over and over again the goal of the cuckoo egg project is two-fold:
1. To push the discussion to a wider audience as the implications of online piracy will eventuallyhave far reaching consequences (as the author of the previous post wisely alludes to)
2. To expose the hypocrisy in the rational that Napster users in defense of their actions.
To beat a dead horse but - There is an endless number of sites where music can be exchanged with the artists consent without paying. Just about any artist can put their music on the web with relative ease.
I'm drifting from the question raised. My view is that the world of Star Trek didn't evolve from a theive's den. Artists (musicians, filmakers, etc)and their audience, the general public need to work together to use technology to bring down the existing corporate structurewhere the few get the most and the rest get the crumbs.
There should be a mutual respect and appreciation for each person's efforts. Well, there I go again into my utopia world - go ahead rip into my ignorant and simplistic dream - at least try to be constructive.
Not a wise propostion as this could be traced back to your computer and you could be held accountable. Besides, deafing people or blowing their speakers isn't polite. http://www.hand-2-mouth.com
Here's a hint - We have 7 - 13 client machine's going in two different locations (East & West coast) and we change the user id's every now and then. I would guess that based on a fair number of posts to this thread there are a bunch more folks who now have funky files in their napster music files.
That's the spirit - join the fun - we've been at this alone for too long. Plenty of "great idea" comments early on but not many folks willing to risk it. Risk it?! Damn!
http://www.hand-2-mouth.com/