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Date: 2001-02-22 06:28:34

Comment:

HERE'S A DOSE OF REALITY GUYS:



1. 90 percent of the reason people use Napster is because it is FREE.



2. There are other programs out there such as Gnutella, Freenet, Hotline which ARE free.



3. Once Napster starts charging users, the other systems will quickly develop better interfaces and the Napster users will jump the boat and log on to the other FREE systems.



Napster is truly an UNIMPORTANT case, despite what the media thinks.  Napster signed it's death certificate when it decided to charge it's users. You CANNOT create a viable business model with a digital commodity, such as MP3's anymore.  The music industry should wake up and realize this, so that they can find OTHER ways of making money.



Oh, and by the way guys, take the billion dollars and RUN.