Napster Takes a Blow, But Problems Still Loom for the Recording Industry By: Sounni de Fontenay (Editor-in-Chief, MusicDish) 2001-02-12 "The Napster community is about the love of music. Napster community members love music and purchase far more CDs than most people. They share files with no expectation of gain. We have again and again stated that we intend to make payments to artists, songwriters and other rightsholders. Yet the largest and most successful media …showed first 75 words of 1965 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1965 total…be able to use the most innovative technologies to listen to their work. "This may be a turbulent transition but the promise for the future of music is great" A promise by the music industry? One reason for the success of Napster is that the industry, as of yet, has not allowed consumers legal access to their music using new, "innovative" technologies. Will they keep their promise this time? Let's wait and see... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**