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To: SBHX who wrote (13464)	7/31/2000 8:55:57 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 60323

OT I agree that there are precedents, but as the old saying goes two wrongs do not make a right. The fact that something was done before does not even mean it was a good idea then let alone that we should do it now. 3. Any study of types of network traffic within a sample of major universities will probably settle the argument of what percentage of internet traffic is consumed by the mp3 files. This is probably true (leaveing aside the posibility of puting MP3's in .zip files and distributing them that way) but not all MP3 file distributions violate copyrights. Tim

To: SBHX who wrote (13464)	7/31/2000 9:59:05 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

SbH, re: "3. Any study of types of network traffic within a sample of major universities will probably settle the argument of what percentage of internet traffic is consumed by the mp3 files. Just a data point. From a chart in yesterday's WSJ, the largest and fasted growing Napster demographic is age 34 to 54. (My opinion, many of the downloads are from folks that like a few (not contemporary) songs, but can't find them, or wouldn't be willing to pay the price for an entire CD for one or two songs. The music marketplace hasn't provided a solution for this, and I think that's a large part of the attraction of Napster. I am continually amazed at how many folks will have a Billie Holiday or Beethoven or Steve Goodman collection next to a few contemporary files in their Napster library. Where would these folks find this music if not for Napster?) John