Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Napoli on Napster

Author:Brad Pettit
Posted:7/31/2000; 9:38:15 AM
Topic:Napoli on Napster
Msg #:19301
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Dave, whether or not you pay for the Napster music you downloaded, there's no evidence that you are a typical Napster user. Nor are you typical of software artists. You made a large enough profit from Living VideoText that you could afford to work on Frontier not for the money, but to express yourself. That's certainly what I -- and probably many -- would do if in as fortunate a position. For now, I must work for both reasons.

As for Napster, the Shawn Fanning quote from the July 2 Mercury News, "I didn't do this for the last year just for fun, that's for sure," wasn't in the context of artistic expression.

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