DJ_Jester

But that assumes that your have 10 Napster friends share your same interests. If you don't like the same type of music as your online friends than that really doesn't help you. Or even if you do share the interests, still limits you if you want to go outside of that genre that you share. I listen to Alternative as do most my friends but I still listen to some hip hop. I heard Aesop being thrown around in the forums here one time so I downloaded a crap load of their stuff to see what CD I want to buy. If I had to do it the napster or i-tunes way, I'd have to pay 10 bucks just in previewing the songs before I'd buy the CD. I might as well buy a couple of their CDs blindly and just listen to the one I like more.

And as for IM and mIRC, frugal computer geeks will aways find a way. So if P2P is no longer an option, than an IM workaround will be found. An IRC workaround is already there and has been there before Napster was even a dream, but RIAA hasn't figured that out yet.

It's not about the leeway that is given or not given, its that point that they can control the leeway... or are working towards that "power". Now it's just Kazaa or the like... seems like a logical place to start. If things keep going in that direction we'll have to pay for IM transfers and IRC. (OK that point is a little eggarated but you see my point...)

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