users. napster should have been an early version of itunes. it s kind of a tragedy it didn t happen back then. today the u.s. court of appeals ruled napster is infringing on copyrighted music, in essence letting its users steal songs. the music label executives absolutely didn t want any kind of itunes-style distribution infrastructure that would fit with the internet because they were terrified of unbundling the single from the album. so for a long time they ve been able to take one hit song like complicated. tell me why did you have to go and make things so complicated if that song comes out in the late 90s it s going to move 20 million albums at $10 each. five or six years later it s no longer going to move 20 million albums. it s going to move 20 million songs at 99 cents each. so you ve just lost 90% of your revenue. cd sales have dropped almost one-quarter in just three years. that s an awful lot of lost business.
can be adapted to benefit all of the parties involved, the artists, the industry, and the users. napster should have been an early version of itunes. it s kind of a tragedy it didn t happen back then. today the u.s. court of appeals ruled napster is infringing on copyrighted music, in essence letting its users steal songs. the music label executives absolutely didn t want any kind of itunes-style distribution infrastructure that would fit with the internet because they were terrified of unbundling the single from the album. so for a long time they ve been able to take one hit song like complicated. tell me why did you have to go and make things so complicated if that song comes out in the late 90s, it s going to move 20 million albums at $10 each. five or six years later it s no longer going to move 20 million albums. it s going to move 20 million songs at 99 cents each. so you ve just lost 90% of your revenue. cd sales have dropped almost one-quarter in just three yea
artists, the industry, and the users. napster should have been an early version of itunes. it s kind of a tragedy it didn t happen back then. today the u.s. court of appeals ruled napster is infringing on copyrighted music, in essence letting its users steal songs. the music label executives absolutely didn t want any kind of itunes-style distribution infrastructure that would fit with the internet because they were terrified of unbundling the single from the album. so for a long time they ve been able to take one hit song like complicated. tell me why did you have to go and make things so complicated if that song comes out in the late 90s it s going to move 20 million albums at $10 each. five or six years later it s no longer going to move 20 million albums. it s going to move 20 million songs at 99 cents each. so you ve just lost 90% of your revenue. cd sales have dropped almost one-quarter in just three years. that s an awful lot of lost business.
exmetallicafans.org. we re asking the community to completely ban and boycott metallica. i m glad you re an ex-metallica fan because i don t want you to be a fan of ours if that s your attitude. i can t speak for the other bands, but i embraced file sharing. if you got it off napster, please our band was plucked out of obscurity and given a career because of napster. so suddenly i had a platform for sharing my music, to the frustration of the label i was on. napster has built a multimillion-dollar business based on people copying files to millions and millions of people they don t know. there s a way the technology can be adapted to the benefit of all of the parties involved, the artists, the industry, and the users. napster should have been an early version of itunes. it s kind of a tragedy it didn t
we re asking the community to completely ban and boycott metallica. i m glad you re an ex-metallica fan because i don t want you to be a fan of ours if that s your attitude. i can t speak for the other bands, but i embraced file sharing. if you got it off napster, please our band was plucked out of obscurity and given a career because of napster. so suddenly i had a platform for sharing my music, to the frustration of a label i was on. napster has built a multimillion-dollar business based on people copying files to millions and millions of people they don t know. there s a way the technology can be adapted to the benefit of all of the parties involved, the artists, the industry, and the users. napster should have been an early version of itunes. it s kind of a tragedy it didn t happen back then. today the u.s. court of