I will miss Napster wholeheartedly, and I have the RIAA to thank for it. I will admit, I downloaded a few songs off of Napster that I previewed, and bought the album when I could. However, I also found songs on Napster that, for some reason or another:
1. I couldn't find the CD anymore (out of print) 2. The songs were remixes and exclusives and not available to the public 3. The songs on the CD that weren't singles.
The RIAA has had the consumers in a chokehold long enough and Napster made them realize consumers have the power. Can the RIAA explain why they are so anal rententive? Why can't consumer buy any song we hear on the radio? Why do we, the consumers, have a certain time frame to buy their music? Lest they forget, we pay their salaries. I used to buy CDs all of the time. Thank you, RIAA, for making it easier for me to boycott CDs from now on.
Madskillz 69
Check out a cool link from a journalist supporting Napster.
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1. I couldn't find the CD anymore (out of print)
2. The songs were remixes and exclusives and not available to the public
3. The songs on the CD that weren't singles.
The RIAA has had the consumers in a chokehold long enough and Napster made them realize consumers have the power. Can the RIAA explain why they are so anal rententive? Why can't consumer buy any song we hear on the radio? Why do we, the consumers, have a certain time frame to buy their music? Lest they forget, we pay their salaries. I used to buy CDs all of the time. Thank you, RIAA, for making it easier for me to boycott CDs from now on.
Madskillz 69
Check out a cool link from a journalist supporting Napster.
http://www.sunherald.com/business/docs/tech072300. htm