Napster is not just about getting the last songs for free. It's also about learning more about a group or music style, so you can decide well which CDs to buy and which ones not to. And what about old artists whose music is no longer available or is too hard to find? I am very happy to have found Isao Tomita's music using Napster; before using Napster, I had never found any Tomita CDs on stores; or if you find, it's very seldom. Record companies no longer support a lot of old artists, and Napster is an ideal way to keep their works alive. The solution I think is the best: If one artist or group, like Metallica, doesn't like it's music to be published, ok, Napster can filter the sharing of such music. But there are a hell lot of other artists who would never oppose to the sharing of their music. You can't make Napster dissapear, it's a great system to keep music culture alive.
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Napster is not just about getting the last songs for free. It's also about learning more about a group or music style, so you can decide well which CDs to buy and which ones not to. And what about old artists whose music is no longer available or is too hard to find? I am very happy to have found Isao Tomita's music using Napster; before using Napster, I had never found any Tomita CDs on stores; or if you find, it's very seldom. Record companies no longer support a lot of old artists, and Napster is an ideal way to keep their works alive. The solution I think is the best: If one artist or group, like Metallica, doesn't like it's music to be published, ok, Napster can filter the sharing of such music. But there are a hell lot of other artists who would never oppose to the sharing of their music. You can't make Napster dissapear, it's a great system to keep music culture alive.