Re: [microsound] napster shut down

[Michal Seta <mis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> yesterday Napster was ordered to shut down its operations...what do 
the
> people on this list think about this?
> personally I think its really sad...
> KIM
> 

I'm really sorry about Napster because I've been promising myself to 
check it out and finally never got around to take a look at it.

I suppose it must be a blow to about 90% of teenagers around the world 
and pirates and all but I think that the saddest thing is the 
influence of the music industry on such matters.  I think that the 
copyright infringement is the least of the worries of the big fishes 
of the music industry.  It is rather the millions of $$ they don't 
gain (they don't loose it either...) when some of the tunes are 
distributed via mp3 and other electronic means.

What I find really really sad is that all the 
musicians/artists/whoever that are signed with those huge 
recording/publishing/distributing monsters don't get up and say how 
they are f**ked by them.  If most artists are fine with about 5% of 
their Cd retail price (+ perhaps 10% of copyright where applicable) 
they must not have a very high esteem.

just my (incoherent) 0.02$.

MiS