It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don't have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game.
It's a radical time for musicians, a really revolutionary time, and I believe revolutions like Napster are a lot more fun than cash, which by the way we don't have at major labels anyway, so we might as well get with it and get in the game.
Napster is essentially using the music to make money for themselves and that's the part that's both morally and legally wrong. That I think is more relevant than whether or not I'm losing money.
I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster.
The law provides that companies cannot get together and pool their copyright and use them for anticompetitive purposes, ... Only about 2 percent of musical artists are signed to record label contracts. Napster enables the other 98 percent to reach audience and compete with record labels.
I have a very difficult time getting the Napster world.
I think it's pretty obvious to most people that Napster is not media specific, but I could see a system like Napster evolving into something that allows users to locate and retrieve different types of data other than just MP3s or audio files.
When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.
This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.
I think that the most beautiful thing lately hasn't been in hardware or software per se but collaboration - the idea behind Napster, which uses the distributed power of the Internet as its engine.
Today's announcement does not bring an end to the court case, ... There are multiple plaintiffs in addition to BMG and BMG itself has said that it won't withdraw its complaint against Napster until they actually implement a legitimate business model.
Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The American democratic system was an early political version of Napster.
We are pleased that the court has agreed today to grant Napster the discovery schedule we proposed, allowing a reasonable amount of time for Napster to obtain and evaluate the extensive discovery material, ... The record industry's anti-competitive behavior has prevented consumers from paying for the music they want over the Internet. We look forward to exploring these issues further.
I'm surprised they've taken things quite as slowly as they have. It's that sort of arrogance and lethargy that made Napster happen. Where is the real action.
Napster works because people who love music share and participate.
We're close to moving into a new phase of Napster and this agreement is an important step along the way.
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