This is the best possible way to go; I found Napster less than a month ago - as a result I have bought three new audio CD's and mail ordered a reissue of a band I never thought I'd hear again...- that's more than I'd bought in the previous 12 months. I'd imagine I'm a fairly average user, and if Napster is making me buy more rather than less... I'm old enough to remember the whole vinyl to tape issue and that didn't hurt the recording industry or the artists either - it's about time that copyright laws were updated and that the giant recording companies realised that it's people who buy music - if enough of us boycott, even for a single day we'll hit them where they understand. The average CD buyer knows exactly what they want and why, and would buy a whole pile more if they could afford it - the people behind this dispute are a) unlikely to have listened to live music for years b)are high paid lawyers with no real interest in the artists or the music... just check out who's endorsed Napster... I'd love to see just what percentage of the CD cover price goes to pay royalties... and how much the industry gets...Why not let Napster operate and us end users pay the royalty for every song.. I know enough to know how small that is to be more than willing to pay it - I would really like to see less middle men in this business...
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This is the best possible way to go; I found Napster less than a month ago - as a result I have bought three new audio CD's and mail ordered a reissue of a band I never thought I'd hear again...- that's more than I'd bought in the previous 12 months. I'd imagine I'm a fairly average user, and if Napster is making me buy more rather than less... I'm old enough to remember the whole vinyl to tape issue and that didn't hurt the recording industry or the artists either - it's about time that copyright laws were updated and that the giant recording companies realised that it's people who buy music - if enough of us boycott, even for a single day we'll hit them where they understand. The average CD buyer knows exactly what they want and why, and would buy a whole pile more if they could afford it - the people behind this dispute are a) unlikely to have listened to live music for years b)are high paid lawyers with no real interest in the artists or the music... just check out who's endorsed Napster... I'd love to see just what percentage of the CD cover price goes to pay royalties... and how much the industry gets...Why not let Napster operate and us end users pay the royalty for every song.. I know enough to know how small that is to be more than willing to pay it - I would really like to see less middle men in this business...