About a year ago a few of my friends had acquired a program called "Napster", this program enabled then to download almost and song they could think of or desire, new and old. I was blown away by this simple amazing idea which caused me next to pose the immediate question, once I calmed down, "how much is this amazing program going cost and if there would be a monthly fee?" I was stunned to find out it was completely free! As soon as I got home I was online and typi

This new invention must be monitored and regulated but not to be banned like an illegal blow against the music economy. I think, although I would not like it, there should be a small monthly fee and some royalties paid to some of the artist if needs be. This would lower CD prices and lower the income of over paid performers. Also by doing this it would stop some of the performers who produce music for nothing more than the high income and celebrity status.

I know the long term affect will be positive but the immediate results of this will be nothing short of negative and that is how I can relate to the legitimate people who see this to be a disaster to the music industry. They will say that the loss of millions of CD copies sold will crush the music industry by reducing the profit gained by the artist, causing bands to go broke. While I agree that the bands will definitely lose money surely not enough to make them go broke especially the one's that have to worry about the influx of

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