Napster's wake-up call.
In the ten months since its launch, Napster, the most popular music-swapping program on the Internet, has gained 10 million users and badly frightened record companies and artists. However, instead of threatening lawsuits, it would be more advisable for the record industry to try to use the Interne...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 355; pp. 22 - 25 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
June 24 2000
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| Sumario: | In the ten months since its launch, Napster, the most popular music-swapping program on the Internet, has gained 10 million users and badly frightened record companies and artists. However, instead of threatening lawsuits, it would be more advisable for the record industry to try to use the Internet to its advantage, to set up in competition to Napster, and to use the Internet as a promotional tool. For many of Napster's users, its attractiveness is rooted as much in its convenience as in the fact that it is free. |
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