I was wondering what everybody's views were on Napster. I have been using it
for several months. I fell a bit guilty about it because I know I'm ripping
off other people copyright. It is so useful though. If someone mentions a
tune on the list that I haven't checked out, I can just pop onto Napster,
download it and give it a listen. Then I can also see what else that artist
has done. Although not everything is on there especially vinyl only releases
- I can get most of the stuf that I want.
The thing is though that lots of people are vehemntly against this. But from
my own personal experience Napster allows me to preview tracks I may never
have heard of. I may not pay for it then but I'd say about 70% of the time I
then go onto buy the track on vinyl cos I want to play it out. I'll also go
and buy more stuff from that artist which I may never have even been aware
of before.
I'm actually doing a research project on the whole area of digital music and
was wondering what sort of views the acid jazz community had ont the
subject.
How many people are using? How many are against?
How many artists on this list mind that there stuff could be getting
downloaded without royalties being paid?
Any thoughts?
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