NAPSTER - Welcome to The Future My Friends!!! (Napster - Should Music Be Free To Share?)

Member Name: witlim

Product:	Napster - Should Music Be Free To Share?
Date:	03/02/09 (4 review reads)
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Advantages: Symbolic that Napster know leads the way for the future as before they were illegal

Disadvantages: Is this the right direction?

I believe this is the way forward for the music industry. The rip-charging of 4 quid a single has now gone. People 'share' music for free which is of course illegal but it just goes to show you that a lot of people will want to download a lot of different music. Also this is a great as idea as it then makes 'file sharing' via Napster pointless. The music industry can still make good money if they are clever and find it from different revenues'. Such as making there own site like Napster and charging for advertising etc. Or I would be happy to pay 20p a download as well as a subscription. Most people know that any 'artists' that do not write their own songs will not see much of the profit anyway and most of the genuine music talent never makes it mainstream so my heart really does not bleed for this industry. My opinion is they should move on and adapt to today's music loving generation! Overall it seems Napster have got the right idea and is a shift in the right direction. The irony is (correct me if I am wrong) but I am sure Napster started as an illegal music download site and got caught out yet survived, and now are innovators for the future.

Summary: I reckon if Napster do this right this will be the new music industry model for all