"Hey, this isn't something I necessarily want posted - I've just noticed some rather one-sided reporting on emusic.com -- a lot of websites are shitting on emusic because of their napster thing, and it's pretty unfair, because it's obvious that those people haven't actually seen emusic. I've been a member of it for some time, and I love it - it costs about 8 bucks a month and you can download anything you want - that includes most of the catalogs of labels like Epitaph/Hellcat, Lookout, Side One Dummy, Equalvision, Victory and others. There aren't any worries about connection or the quality of the mp3s, etc, and it's completely legal. They also usually get releases a week or two before they hit the streets in the US. If people are going to whine about paying 8 bucks for the opportunity to hear like 20,000 albums, then there is simply no hope for them.
You don't have to post this, I just thought you guys ought to know the whole story… thanks!
.kevin
www.punkrocks.net I think that is a good point. Emusic.com is a good deal at 8 dollars a month, but now a lot of people feel acustom to getting songs online for free. The only bad thing about Emusic in relationship to its artists is that bootlegs and material not released on Emusic might not be available on Napster. Some have commented on the fact that Napster is now a "corporate monster" and only cares about profit. It is true that Napster has made a ton of money through investors and whatnot, but Im pretty sure Shawn Fanning forsaw a few trips to court over his little software and probably pictured some law suits along the way. If Napster were a private company from the get go, chances are they would not still be around. I think that this online music fiasco is going to help artists and music lovers in the long run. I know that it has opened up my tastes in music and given me the chance to check out genres I had never even heard before. I am a bigger fan of music now then I ever was, and I continue to buy good records I discover on Napster, or anywhere else for that matter.