Sharing is good, and stealing is wrong.
Napster's proponents, like Public Enemy rapper Chuck D, applaud it as a democratic trading post where people can listen to new music outside the Big Brotherly reach of the major record companies. I look at Napster as just being a new version of radio. We care about what our fans want, and our fans want music on the Internet. But these pro-Napster artists are seen as pariahs in a musical community which, for the most part, regards Napster as a massive threat. Dr. Dre and Metallica, for example, have filed separate lawsuits to try to shut down the San Mateo, Calif.-based firm.