Klarinet Archive - Posting 000292.txt from 2001/06

From: "Jim Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Napster
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:26:56 -0400

>From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
<><> How do folks here feel about the demise of Napster? And does
>anyone know of an alternative for classical music or jazz?
>
> I doubt that I am parsing this sentence correctly. Border's,
>Barnes & Noble, Amazon --- to name only the giants --- have huge
>catalogs of jazz and classical online --- more than anyone could listen
>to in a lifetime.

Bill, if you're saying what I think I'm hearing <g> the internet URLs, at
least for Amazon, have a few second (30, usually) of a few of the cuts on a
CD. Not all CDs even have that.

Thanks to Naspter, I've probably bought two dozen CDs over the last couple
of years that I would never have known about without it.

(This does not even include the pop CDs that my grandchildren wanted that I
checked the lyrics on before I would agree for them to get them -- and I'm
much more liberal than their parents are. <g>)

Personally, I think the "record" companies have shot themselves in the foot.
I understand the fear of piracy. There needs to be a balance between fear
and paranoia.

Jim Hobby

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