Not to mention the added income from property taxes that would likely occur. As higher wage jobs are added, those workers are likely to purchase property, adding to the tax base.
For me, there's no reason not to use Napster. I have spent $3000 over the last 10 years buying CDs and what-not, most of which I don't listen to. Spending $300 a year on 20 or so CDs doesn't even come close to the total number of records coming out over the course of a year that I want to listen to, not to mention all the catalog titles that I may want.
For $180 a year, I can download whatever I want from a million tracks on Napster and listen to it whenever I want on my Archos Gmini 400. I don't mind paying $180 a year forever, because it beats the $300 a year I have been paying for reduced service.
And it won't be more than a few years until you can get all this access on your cell phone, too. Of course this is the future of music.
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Not to mention the added income from property taxes that would likely occur. As higher wage jobs are added, those workers are likely to purchase property, adding to the tax base.
For me, there's no reason not to use Napster. I have spent $3000 over the last 10 years buying CDs and what-not, most of which I don't listen to. Spending $300 a year on 20 or so CDs doesn't even come close to the total number of records coming out over the course of a year that I want to listen to, not to mention all the catalog titles that I may want.
For $180 a year, I can download whatever I want from a million tracks on Napster and listen to it whenever I want on my Archos Gmini 400. I don't mind paying $180 a year forever, because it beats the $300 a year I have been paying for reduced service.
And it won't be more than a few years until you can get all this access on your cell phone, too. Of course this is the future of music.