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Napster DEFINATELY is something to help out the record companies. Hell, I've heard MANY new bands from checking them out on Napster. As a matter of fact, I just got in 3 cds last week, I got 2 of them because I checked them out on Napster. I'm a metalhead and I go on Impulse Musics site, which is a bunch of hard rock/metal cds, mainly imports. What I'll do is go through the listings and if it looks cool, I'll pop it in on Napster for samples. Napster has sure saved me a few bucks AND it made me go out and buy cds to keep me and the record companies happy, so what's wrong with that ??
ALSO, there's bands like 3 Doors Down that when I heard Kryptonite that i heard for the first time, I popped that into Napster, got that sound and a couple of others, the songs wore on me, so I went out and bought the cd. I do that a lot.
Mainly, the things that I take from Napster are samples of new bands, old stuff that I used to have on cassette and now listen to it on my computer while I'm working, stuff that's outta print, that i can't get unless I go on Ebay and pay $50 for the cd, and I download individual songs from bands that I'd never buy their cd, but do put out like one good song that catches my ears.
Napster DEFINATELY is a possitive thing for everyone involved. I'm sure that there's many people out there that do look for full versions of cds and burn them, but they don't realize that there's people like me that actually want the full cd. Hell, if it's a good disc, I'll dish out the $15 to get the original. I have about 900 cds in my collection, I don't think that the record companies are losing any money from me, he he he.
Slick
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