[WEB4LIB] Re: Napster Question (Was Audio Books Being Shared)

[Avi Rappoport]

Looks like the music industry is going to implode.  I'd prefer to 
compensate artists directly via micropayments, but I don't think it's 
going to happen.  I suspect that things will change to a TV model: 
free if you accept advertising, with a listener-supported aspect for 
less-popular music.

Avi

At 10:36 AM -0700 6/26/2000, Julia Schult wrote:
>
>Prohibition was a huge failure because of widespread disregard for 
>the law.  Even in the face of police raids, speakeasies were 
>everywhere.  So what do we do now that disregard for copyright law 
>is nearing the same levels?  With all this talk of reinventing the 
>publishing industry, and with examples like the Grateful Dead and 
>Amazon.com as examples, where are we headed?  And should I tell my 
>sister-in-law to stop sending me Barney/Mother Goose videos she has 
>taped off the air for my daughter?

-- 
________________________________________________________________
Avi Rappoport, Search Tools Maven: <mailto:avirr at lanminds.com>
Guide to Site Indexing and Local Search Engines: <http://www.searchtools.com>