Re:But why bother? (Score 1)

Sorry. I don't buy this. I can only speak from personal experience and the experience of Napster users I know personally, but I do still (occasionally)buy cds or use fairtunes to compensate artists if I've downloaded their stuff. And I'm still saving money over pre Napster days because I can hear the tunes before I buy them and, usually, can discover that the "next big thing" is usually a piece of crap foisted on the public by the labels and reviewers. Usually, it makes more sense to download some old neil young tunes Ive got on vinyl anyway than buy something for one or two good tunes. Also, paying by fairtunes means you only have to shell out a couple of bucks because you only need recompense the artist not all the marketing, artwork, video expenses which the internet has made redundant anyway. Note too that the list of major label artists that are looking at Napster as an opportunity is growing everyday. Sorry, the BNL's are playing a cheap trick on their fans, or they're afraid to expose the music other than through the narrowly controlled, "official" outlets, which only let you hear one or two songs. Cheers, JHVH1 `The shapes of things are dumb.' -L. Wittgenstein