Napster to start blocking access to songs this weekend

[Vicotnik]

Originally posted by Yorick: I´m just watching the whole development with interest. Yes Napster does provide artists with some exposure, but more often than not it is the artists who already have exposure that lose sales (Anastasia lost about 300 000+ sales??!!) through this theft. Which is what taking something for sale without paying is. This issue is the artists choice. I have no prob with my own stuff going around and considered putting in on Napster, but that is my choice. A similar scenario is hanging around to see a good busker and then walking away without tossing a thing. "I don´t have to pay so why should I" If he/she´s good enough to stop for, and they entertain you, what is fifty cents? There are positives in this, and some negatives. There are plenty of other sites that will pick up where Napster left off. Hopefully the net will in turn provide a way for artists to produce music without the need for record companies that reduce an artists share of a disc to around 12% of wholesale price (less in the US). As I said I´m watching this with interest.

Well said!
I don't think the music industry will get anything from this, because there will be tons of other sites for musiclovers to go to when they want free music. I don't use Napster to gather full albums, just to get a preview of some sort of a CD I'm thinking about buying. And also to get oldies which don't cost that much anymore. It is sad though, that here in Iceland our amazingly expensive CD's have just been taxed some more! They call it 'piracy tax'. That's funny, Napster shutting down and they decide to tax CD's some more than they already are. Anywho, no need to cry, in an hour I'm taking off to intake rather enormous quantities of beer so I'm cheerful.

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Vicotnik, archmage of the Holy Flame - Challenge me... and die.

[Yorick]

Vicotnik are you in Iceland!!! Wow! I had no idea.
Björk is an astounding vocalist! Has one of my favourite tonal qualities in a femme when she sings in her upper chest register.
Are you in the capital?

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Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them?

[Yorick]

Man, here in this Easy Everything ITN/Cafe you wouldn´t believe the number of people who come in and download hits from Napster. It´s a constant stream.


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Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them?

[Vicotnik]

Yes she is indeed a very good singer. She's been all over the news here following her movie debut and all the awards that followed. Even though she got alot of rewards and job offers she said she'll never do a movie again, funny.
Oh and Yorick I'm in the capital area, a town close by.

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Vicotnik, archmage of the Holy Flame - Challenge me... and die.

[Yorick]

So I take it the weather is pretty warm there at the moment?

Re the film, the director said they had a hard time working together.... femme singers! I don´t know.
Hey (looks around quickly for Melusine)
Vic, what is the difference between a Female singer and Saddam Hussain?
You can TRY and negotiate with Saddam...

'Human Behaviour' though, what a song!

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Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them?

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Yorick: Man, here in this Easy Everything ITN/Cafe you wouldn´t believe the number of people who come in and download hits from Napster. It´s a constant stream.

Yor, doesn't it take a while to download from Napster anyway? They'd be sitting there for at least half an hour. And that's just for one song.

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Memnoch - Custodian of the Holy Flame

[Yorick]

There are USB and Audio in/outs here. Don´t know how long it takes. There are a LOT of computers here, nothing like it in Aust. All flat screen monitors. Heaps of computers over two floors.

Sitting next to me is a fellow doing just that. I´ve noticed it for a while now, both here and in the U.K. (to a lesser extent)

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Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them?

[Tobbin]

Hey Yorick, nothing against your signature as I think it's pretty cool, but how come you dropped that pic. I thought that was really cool.

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Death Waits 4 U ALL

[Yorick]

The huge Keanu? yeah I loved it! So ostentatious, so in your face. It went well with the "Fair Dinkum" too. Changed the context of it´s meaning to "Holy s#*ß"

I thought it might have caused a few probs on the old board. Besides, Memnoch here gave me a wedgie about it

You liked it hey? I thought I only cracked myself up. I couldn´t stop laughing when I saw it on the board.

I´d put it up now, except there´s no help page and I´m in no way familiar with html (don´t post examples anyone, Moiraines going to email me some)

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Where were Hamlet and Horatio when I needed them?

It will be a bit of a blow if Napstar do do this but I do kinda agree with CB on this, The Artists do! deserve payment, but as for the tax well it's 17.5% here in the UK makeing a new cd cost around £13.99 which is $20 USD. I wouldn't mind paying about 8% vat but 17.5 is just ridiculous.

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