I just noticed that Napster is going to be bought up by the internet porn group Private Media. Presumbly they just want to use the name to redirect to a sex site. Seems to me that it's a sad end to a pioneering company. Before Napster led the way I remember spending hours trying to find mp3 following many many broken links along the way. RIP Napster
My wife has used Napster as a case study in her ethics class. ("Is it wrong to deprive Eminem of zillions of dollars in royalties by downloading his, um, tunes?") I found Napster tremendously helpful, for my folk dance teaching, to find lots of old, copyright free songs -- Albanian 78's and suchlike. John Bear, who was once a consultant to the Grateful Dead on matters of lost royalties, alternative ways of getting their music out, etc.* ________________ * Unexpected recent dividend: the cookbook I've discussed here, ("Not Your Mother's Cookbook") to which many forum members contributed recipes, title ideas, etc., is now on the press in Hong Kong, and the cover was done by Stanley Mouse. (http://www.slgbooks.com/books/nym.htm)
My wife has used Napster as a case study in her ethics classes. ("Is it wrong to deprive Eminem of zillions of dollars in royalties by downloading his, um, tunes?") I found Napster tremendously helpful, for my folk dance teaching, using it to find lots of old, copyright free songs -- Albanian 78's and suchlike. John Bear, who was once a consultant to the Grateful Dead on matters of lost royalties, alternative ways of getting their music out, etc.* ________________ * Unexpected recent dividend: the cookbook I've discussed here, ("Not Your Mother's Cookbook") to which many forum members contributed recipes, title ideas, etc., is now on the press in Hong Kong, and the cover was done by Stanley Mouse. (http://www.slgbooks.com/books/nym.htm)
