Wednesday, July 26, 2000

Napster shut down -- 9:12 pm CST, Update by The Master

It appears that Napster is being shutdown. A Federal court judge has ordered Napster to cease and desist allowing the trade of copyrighted mp3s over their service by Friday, citing that the service does not fall under the "fair use" provisions of the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992.

I'm not surprised by this verdict. Napster was in blatant violation of copyright since the beginning, like it or not. The future of online digital music will be an interesting journey from now on.

<rant> Does anyone else out there feel cheated by the prices charged for CDs nowadays? When I first started buying CDs back in 91, they were between $9 and $11. Now they're $16+, and the technology to make them is so cheap it's disgusting. From what I've read, the musicians are making a LOT of cash, but not nearly enough to make up the difference. So, ahem, we're being screwed by the record industry. I hope they don't try to sell music digitally for $25 a copy-they'll make Napster look-alikes completely rampant.</rant>

News for 07/26/2000

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