Yet they support Napster. Some of these people are Internet. Specifically, many computer designers think the Internet. was initially intended to be a forum for the free exchange of information, not a commercial marketplace. They insist traditional copyright law is obsolete and ineffectual, and needs to be completely retooled or abandoned. In their opinion, we shouldn't feel bad for a second if that old industry is destroyed, or utterly scaled back.
Some musicians feel the major labels pay musicians too little.
But the record companies didn't share the windfall. They still pay musicians the same royalties, keeping all the extra profit for themselves. After all, music existed long before platinum album sales. Instead of making music to get rich, people made music for personal expression, to share with others, and for live performance. In a world of MP3s, those more modest motivations might return.