Comments on: When Napster was Napster http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983 p2pnet.net offers not-your-lamescream news on movies music digital media P2P peer-to-peer TV television file sharing freedom of speech open source product news Wifi mobiles company Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:11:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137061 Reader's Write Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:57:59 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137061 . .

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137058 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:21:31 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137058 Are you an RIAA schill? If you are, shut up! If you're not, shut up anyway! Are you an RIAA schill? If you are, shut up! If you’re not, shut up anyway!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137051 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137051 Be you Gachnar or be you a mere look-alike. Har Har! Be you Gachnar or be you a mere look-alike. Har Har!

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137048 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:56:32 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137048 Nothing is wrong with it. I wasn't implyig that it was. Nothing is wrong with it. I wasn’t implyig that it was.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137046 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:34:05 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137046 and what is wrong with that? and what is wrong with that?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137045 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:33:41 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137045 air is free. Music is just movment of air. thus it should be free. air is free. Music is just movment of air. thus it should be free.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137040 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:23:35 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-137040 P2P is piracy, theft. Nothing else. Do you regularly walk into retail stores, load up with whatever you want, and walk out without paying? I doubt it. Why? Two reasons. 1) you know it's wrong and have a sense of moral obligation to do what's right, and 2) if you did, you could be caught and sent to jail. Why do you think the creators and owners of music deserve any less from you? Nothing in life is free except air and sometimes water. You know this. Why do you people keep insisting music should be free? Are you just retarded? Or what? P2P is piracy, theft. Nothing else. Do you regularly walk into retail stores, load up with whatever you want, and walk out without paying? I doubt it. Why? Two reasons. 1) you know it’s wrong and have a sense of moral obligation to do what’s right, and 2) if you did, you could be caught and sent to jail. Why do you think the creators and owners of music deserve any less from you? Nothing in life is free except air and sometimes water. You know this. Why do you people keep insisting music should be free? Are you just retarded? Or what?

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-136992 Reader's Write Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:32:17 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11983#comment-136992 then why didn't the RIAA embrace Napster in it's original file sharing form? Here's why: Imagine you're in a garrage band. You're one of the very FEW lucky ones that's actually going to become big. Record companies offer you contracts. Then out of nowhere NAPSTER starts signing bands directly. Since your music is just going to be sold on Napster you say, "why involve the record companies?" Napster has the variety that attracts everyone away from radio. MTV doesn't play music. Record companies want a bigger percentage of royalties to cover marketing, distribution, and promotion (all of which are cheaper with P2P). Napster offers you more royalties. So you sign with Napster and there's nothing the record dinosaurs can do but go out of business. Napster, which started as just a distribution system has become their own record company. then why didn’t the RIAA embrace Napster in it’s original file sharing form?

Here’s why:
Imagine you’re in a garrage band. You’re one of the very FEW lucky ones that’s actually going to become big. Record companies offer you contracts. Then out of nowhere NAPSTER starts signing bands directly. Since your music is just going to be sold on Napster you say, “why involve the record companies?” Napster has the variety that attracts everyone away from radio. MTV doesn’t play music. Record companies want a bigger percentage of royalties to cover marketing, distribution, and promotion (all of which are cheaper with P2P). Napster offers you more royalties. So you sign with Napster and there’s nothing the record dinosaurs can do but go out of business. Napster, which started as just a distribution system has become their own record company.

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