In fact, many predict that this week's courtroom victory will only serve as incentive to send millions who were trading on Napster to head underground and continue anonymously. Experts say the most reasonable long-term solution is to continue comparable services while compensating artists and studios. And, in fact, this does seem like the fairest, most common sense solution out there. Which is exactly why it won't happen. The court was right, so far as the law goes.
Artists especially deserve much control over the product.
They created it. They have earned a right to say how it will be marketed and sold. And, the studios deserve control, also. It's unfortunate Napster couldn't work something out before it was too late. Consumers will now simply have to go elsewhere to find the music they want for free.