>> Was equally amazed by what I heard, DELETED the
mp3's and went out and bought the CD next day. <<
What exactly do you think deleting those mp3's aaccomplished? I'm not gonna make assumptions about your motivations, since I don't know you, but really-- you'd already bought the CD, so what was deleting the files supposed to prove?
>> First off, regarding Napster I NEVER use it for artists I collect, which are many. Moby, Prince, Faithless, Rollo, Pet Shop Boys, etc. I purchase
EVERY release they put out.
I support talent. <<
I agree with the rest of your post, but this to me smacks of self-righteousness. You seem to want us to be impressed into believing you're "better" than people who download entire CD's. Which happens to be a practice I don't agree with either, but come on-- step off your high horse for a minute. The arrogance (or at least what I perceive as such) doesn't enhance your argument one bit. In fact, IMO it detracts from it because it makes your point harder to see amidst the chest-thumping. Again, I don't disagree with your argument, just the manner in which it was presented.
Sorry, folks, I don't mean to start a flame war, but this just rankled me.
- --Carrie
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Oops I lost the original message but a word to the wise: if you collect a lot of mp3s it's good to erase them if you don't need them because it frees up hard drive space.:):):)
love,
sharmi
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:40:00 -0500
From: Tim Ellorin <TEllorin@mediabrains.com>
Subject: (mobility) Napster / Grammies
I didn't get to see the Grammies. Damn! Well really the only thing that
interested me was to see Moby, Eminem, Elton John. DJ Paul they played
Natural Blues.
You know I think we have gone over this so many times here. It is always
interesting to see peoples opinions on this subject. So yesterday while I
was scanning napster I ran across an Mp3 of Moby's performance at the
Grammies. Now I am really sad I missed seeing it on TV.
I am curious to see what happens to Napster now after the ruling against
them. I am one of those people who when I hear about a new group or a
friend tells me about a group I haven't heard of I go out to Napster and
download stuff from that group. If I like what I hear then I go out and buy
their CD. If I don't like what I hear I delete the file. I have purchased
50 or 60 CD's from groups I never would have heard of or thought of buying
their album if it was not for Napster. For this reason I think Napster is a
great tool for artists to use to reach people like me who may never had even
thought about buying their album until I heard their stuff from Napster.
Also, what makes people think that closing Napster down will keep people
from downloading free music? Gnutella and other programs do the same exact
thing that Napster does. There is only one major difference though.
Gnutella is not owned by anyone. It is just a peer-to-peer file sharing
protocol. The RIAA is going to be beating their heads against a wall trying
to figure out who to sue when it comes to gnutella. I am not saying that it
is right or wrong using Napster or the likes, but I am saying that the
technology is out there and no one is going to stop it from happening so
they need to work with it instead of fighting it.
Tim
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