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To: SBHX who wrote (10303)	4/12/2000 8:34:00 AM
From: Tumbleweed	Read Replies (2) of 60323

Napster... All these sites that contain mp3 files open to copying for anyone will probably get shut down within days of being up Not true, because they are not 'sites' in the sense you mean. They are people's personal PCs that connect (usually with a transitory TCP address), may be on for a few hours, and then go away, and when they come back again, have a different address. Essentially they are untraceable and therefore unstoppable. Gnutella takes it even further by applying the same concept to the directories (with Napster there are a few specific directory servers that could be shut down) Songwriters and singers have to eat too. True, but of course they only take a small percentage of the outrageous(IMHO) amount CD's are sold for. From what I read most musicians could sell their songs direct at $2 an album and make twice as much as they get now. The music industry will somehow have to accommodate the new situation, rather than force things back to the status quo.The cat is out of the bag and it isnt going back. Joe

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