I think the big appeal of Napster was that people could get music easily and that it was free. I understand it's very popular, but we do have to have a better policy. I think the Napster people recognize that. It's not going to be easy, but not to try is not acceptable. We need an enforceable digital-rights management scheme or else we will do severe damage to the book industry, which is the one that I'm most concerned about.
Books are the best bargain in the world.
And perhaps only if we go through taking an industry apart by having widespread copying for free without compensation, we'll realize in the end what we've thrown away. Hopefully that won't happen. The reading devices fortunately are bad enough that hopefully the newer ones can have reasonable rights management software in them. For example, the first sale right on books or the ability to redistribute portions. That's too much of a nerd view of the world.