Feelings on Napster?


Hi, Since this is in part a forum about music, I'll put this statement and question on the table. In the past few months, I've begun to use Napster online. I'll look through the forum for reccomendations on good albums and tracks, then I'll download it on Napster, take a listen and, if I like it, purchase the album. My opinion is that Napster is really opening up accessibility to music for alot of people, allowing them to try new things that before they wouldn't have access to or simply wouldn't be prepared to invest in. It's helped expand my own horizons I know and I think it's good for music overall. Any opinions?
issabre
Garfish, First, I've never pretended to know what you like or don't like. Second, If you don't like what I'm saying there there are about 1500 other threads that you can read.
I very much regret that I'm not as evolved as you. I would also like to apologize on behalf of all the USA, for not being the greatest country in the world. In addition to this, I would like you to consider seeking some sort of help for this depression of yours, before you join others who might have similar thoughts.
Issabre, your second post from the top says that you consider yourself to be an artist. You also have lived in Africa and seem fairly educated. If I were playing Sherlock Holmes, I would deduce that you come from a wealthy family and have a MAJOR chip on your shoulder because you had it better than most. My advice would be to either feed this need(chip) and give up all of your worldly posessions. Don't do it all at once however, as you will be able to gain valuable insight into what it feels like to "have it all", then "nothing", and what it feels like to be at all levels in between. You then could write a book about each of those perspectives from a humanistic standpoint, of course. In the end though, no one would buy your book and you'd be broke and cursing Capitalism in addition to all the damned, wayward souls that occupy the USA. You would then realize that nobody bought the book because it was "a downer" and people were actually happy with their lives! You'd further realize that you were WRONG about all of your assumptions in the past! Unfortunatley, you'd still be broke but you could take heart as you experience firsthand the generousity of our society and people who live here. You would not starve and you would not die just for having differing ideas than the people who live around you (like some of those communist places you admire). NOW, get that chip off your shoulder, stick to the thread and discuss some AUDIO related topics. And if you do get rid of some worldly goods - start with your computer - then you wouldn't have to worry about Napster and we wouldn't have to read your rantings!!!