Until one morning you wake up and realize your microwave has a ton of spyware installed, your toaster has a nasty virus that causes your toast to come out with, "LOL!?! WTF!!!" burn marks and your radio's volume is stuck on full blast asking if you would like a guaranteed 3 inch penis enlargement.
"At one point during the RIAA litigation process, I thought I would wake up one morning and find that Napster had totally shut down. However, now I just sit and watch as it slowly bleeds to death." -- me
The entire "Napster" phenomenon will likely get a solid place in the computer halls of fame -- letting people around the world share music with each other. Instead of having the recording industry select which songs would be funneled through our local radio stations and television channels, the music lover could now sample endless varieties of music and discover fresh new bands.
Ahhh, but "No," said the record industry, "you will not take the power away from me!"
Napster, knowing their demise would eventually come from endless litigation, even offered the recording industry an offer that just might please both the labels and the must listeners. Unfortunately, the RIAA, in their short-mindedness, turned any sort of compromise down.
Ironically, when has there ever been a time in history where over 70 million users have lined up screaming, "give us a product!" and then a company, already in a monopolistic position, shouted, "Go f*** yourselves!!"
Napster will die slowly. With the dot-com hysteria now behind us, investor capitalists won't be so quick to fund another Napster want-a-bee.
It just proves an age old point that, in the end, someone wants to and HAS to get paid.
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That headline was way over my head.
I'm not sure I could handle the spyware pop-ups while on the shitter ...
Until one morning you wake up and realize your microwave has a ton of spyware installed, your toaster has a nasty virus that causes your toast to come out with, "LOL!?! WTF!!!" burn marks and your radio's volume is stuck on full blast asking if you would like a guaranteed 3 inch penis enlargement.
"At one point during the RIAA litigation process, I thought I would wake up one morning and find that Napster had totally shut down. However, now I just sit and watch as it slowly bleeds to death." -- me The entire "Napster" phenomenon will likely get a solid place in the computer halls of fame -- letting people around the world share music with each other. Instead of having the recording industry select which songs would be funneled through our local radio stations and television channels, the music lover could now sample endless varieties of music and discover fresh new bands. Ahhh, but "No," said the record industry, "you will not take the power away from me!" Napster, knowing their demise would eventually come from endless litigation, even offered the recording industry an offer that just might please both the labels and the must listeners. Unfortunately, the RIAA, in their short-mindedness, turned any sort of compromise down. Ironically, when has there ever been a time in history where over 70 million users have lined up screaming, "give us a product!" and then a company, already in a monopolistic position, shouted, "Go f*** yourselves!!" Napster will die slowly. With the dot-com hysteria now behind us, investor capitalists won't be so quick to fund another Napster want-a-bee. It just proves an age old point that, in the end, someone wants to and HAS to get paid.