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News.Com Study: Napster users buy more music
"People who use Napster and other file-swapping networks to trade MP3 files are more likely to boost their music spending than those who don't use such services, according to a new study from Internet research firm Jupiter Communications.

The study is the latest attempt to gauge the economic impact of file-swapping services such as Napster and Scour.net, both of which stand accused of encouraging brazen Internet piracy and untold damages in lost CD and video sales."

""Because Napster users are music enthusiasts, it's logical to believe that they are more likely to purchase now and increase their music spending in the future," Jupiter analyst Aram Sinnreich said in a statement."

Dan Gillmor Napster and the Internet Fringe
"...Napster, the idea, is unstoppable. And if the company goes away, the problem for the industry will not have changed, and in fact will only get worse (from the industry's perspective).

No one should have been surprised that Napster moved so quickly from the fringe to the middle, not in retrospect. Yet most of us didn't see it coming until it was already over, at least those of us over 25."

NME Napster users exceed the 20 million mark
"The ongoing problems experienced by MP3 file-swapping application NAPSTER seem to have done little to dent the Internet company's popularity. It was announced on Wednesday (July 19) that users of the application now exceed 20 million - and that figure alone is double what it was only three months ago."

redux [05.02.00]
Infoworld Napster sends a message to music industry: 'Your customers aren't happy'
"The Recording Industry Association of America wants to educate consumers with the message, "Artists deserve to be compensated -- artists won't make music if they can't make money." I can only imagine the public service announcements with multimillionaire artists pleading for their right to a seventh Porsche in the driveway. There's no rationalization for piracy; it is what it is. However, rampant music piracy online indicates that the music industry's distribution and pricing model is out of whack with what people want. The problem isn't the piracy; the problem is unhappy customers. And the music industry had better do something about it. This is a dinosaur moment -- with the big rock looming overhead -- where the music industry needs to ask itself how it will adapt."

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