Yes, this is the third New York Times story in a row we’re quoting, but these past few days they’re on the ball asfar as music stories go, so what can I do?
The latest installment of NYTimes writing is about online music services, and why they all still kind of suck.
THE only thing record companies know for sure is that they want to kill off the insanely popular Sons of Napster: free music-sharing services like KaZaA, Gnutella and Morpheus. After all, the millions who use these services are in effect stealing music, depriving the five major labels of perfectly good money. But watching the record companies as they try to find a formula for a successful paid alternative is like watching five people play blindman’s bluff on stilts. (full story)