I don't get it. All Napster did was make it a little more convenient. If there are any products to be sold here, the Napster brand will work well with them. I think I could write a fair settlement now, but I don't think the music industry would buy it, but a year from now they will. It goes like this.
All money goes directly to the artists.
They can in turn hire music distributors, in a competitive environment, and reverse the royalty system. The artists have a bigger cash pot to play with, and can redefine how music production works, and how it relates to live performances and merchandising. The creative people would own the medium, as Courtney says they should, and I of course agree. We'll get art instead of flatness. We'll get a chance to evolve through one of our most creative artforms, and one that the Internet is ready to serve now.