Shop Napster has as much communal spirit as a shoplifters' convention. Don't be intimidated by the cyber-mob. Napster is about freeloading, not freedom. Napster, for those of you who still own phonographs, is the popular software program that allows Internet users to trade free music files and trash copyright laws. But instead of admitting that what they're doing is wrong, many Napster advocates can't help but make ridiculous rationalizations for what amounts to habitual high-tech theft .
Digital distribution is the wave of the future, they preach.
Yes, the technology is cool. But the mere existence of MP3 technology doesn't legitimize the rampant illicit use of that technology. Defenders ask why Napster should be liable for the copyright violations of its users. VCR makers are not bothered when millions of people pirate videos. Because car manufacturers and VCR makers don't create a product whose primary use is intended to break the law .