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Napster's survival depends on its credibility
Usually, I'm pretty good about making up my mind on issues, but when it comes to Napster, I find myself on the fence.
My heart says "Go Napster" and "Stick it to those greedy record companies." Hey, this is "power to the people."
My old buddy Yippee leader Abbie Hoffman, author of "Steal This Book" and the subject of the recent "Steal This Movie," is probably cheering from the grave.
But my brain tells me that Napster is fundamentally flawed from an ethical, legal and business point of view.
I thought about this as I sat at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, listening to attorneys for Napster and for the recording industry. Napster's lawyer David Boies, famous for successfully representing the Justice Department in its suit against Microsoft (MSFT), argued that Napster's activities are well within the scope of the copyright law. He claimed that it's fair use for individuals to share files as long as there is no compensation. He further argued that Napster is just a directory service without the tools to distinguish between music that can legally be copied and those files that are "infringing."



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I'm not sure where he got the figure, but Barry estimated that such a plan could generate as much as "a half a billion dollars" the first year. The music industry, so far, has rejected Napster's proposal and has yet to offer any counter proposals.

Yet, I remain sympathetic both to Napster and the millions of consumers who use the service to download music.

I'm neither a judge nor a lawyer, but Boies' articulate arguments aside, it strikes me that Napster stands a very good chance of eventually being shut down by a federal judge.

Some topics in this essay:
Record Label, Music Industry, Warner Music Group, EMI, Universal Music Group, Bertelsmann Music Group, Abbie Hoffman, Royalties, David Boies, Advertising Business,

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