The court ruled last week that Napster was to halt the exchange of copyrighted music. As a result, ladies and gentlemen, you can expect to bypass the week's Ramen noodle supply and instead fork over your lint currency to the Internet-based company if you wish to continue downloading music. However, this fee would come equipped with a monthly file transfer limitation. Although there are several alternatives in which to seek file trading, Napster's 3 billion free song downloads per month make it a healthy target for its opponents who wish to set an example concerning online musical exchange. The squeaky wheel gets the oil.
Music fans are happy.
Record sales are booming, as they say. Oh, no, brothers and sisters, I'm afraid it's not that simple. People fear what they don't understand and what the record companies don't seem to understand is that Napster offers them neuron-bursting advantages and possibilities. Record companies were even afraid of MTV because they feared the music channel would attach a one-dimensional, pictorial stigma to artists and limit consumer purchasing of albums. Instead, between vomit-inducing programming such as Cribs on MTV, videos are utilized by record labels to market and promote their artists.