Your hard drive to my hard drive, without going through the Web. Here s how it works. In our case, as stock photographers and photobuyers, it would be an image. At first glance, you might think that Napster-sparked free trading of music files would cause a serious reduction in retail sales. On the contrary, it turns out to be a catalyst.
Studies show that music sales have never been better.
After Napster is reduced to a common sense Internet company by the courts, it will no doubt evolve to a company that will promote new artists who have consented to their music being traded on-line. The marketing part already has. Usage, the saying goes, begets more usage. If you re not motivated to create, you won t create. It s common sense.