As an AVID Metallica fan, AND
being anti-Napster, I think you've raised a good point Bklyn, but I think you've
missed the larger point. I think the point that Lars and Co. are trying to
make is that while their ARE plenty of people who, after downloading a song or
two, will still go out and buy the CD (as I have done myself, though not through
Napster), there are many more in this day and age of "Internet freebies" (for
lack of a better term) who will NOT. And while their is NO DOUBT that they
(Metallica, Dr. Dre, and others) have plenty of money, there should also be no
doubt that despite having all that money, these artists work damn hard at making
THEIR music, and just like WE all expect to get paid for doing our jobs, they
expect the same. Anyway, that's MY opininon of the whole Napster
issue.