It's an insult to me, because it implies that this isn't a real job. I don't care if you're a poor, struggling recording artist or a successful, wealthy recording artist. Stealing is still stealing. July 22-23 at the Bronco Bowl. So far, the great unknown factor in the Napster debate is whetherit will actually cause CD sales to drop.
Statistics give conflicting answers.
Earlier this month, the Pew Research Center reported that only 2 percent of Internet users actually pay for downloadable music, but that 13 million people are downloading music for free from the Internet. Yet according to Soundscan, music sales during the first three months of 2000 were up 12 percent. With confusing statistics like those, it's easy to see why a lot of musicians are waffling on the subject of Napster. This site is best viewed using Netscape 4.0 or IE 4.0.