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...effort to cut down on the overwhelming traffic created by Napster and other file-sharing software, Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) announced three weeks ago that it would limit outbound network traffic to only a fraction of the total bandwidth. Although this temporary measure is intended only to prevent outside users from connecting to computers on the Harvard network, it has now become clear that the restriction is interfering with legitimate student use of the network. Although we support HASCS in its attempt to make sure that a functioning network is available to students, the current problems would...
...There will still be a Napster, and you'll still be able to listen to music, but it'll be a closed system. Downloading songs onto your hard drive will theoretically be out of the question...
...Napster's ultimate dream is to be a kind of AOL, to use its brand name and market penetration to be a legitimate pay-for-play community sometime in June, with the blessing of the record companies. But the RIAA wouldn't budge; they wouldn't wait until then because they knew they didn't have to. So Napster is going to try to just limp along until summer, and hope their users are still around when they've actually got a revenue model that passes muster with the RIAA...
...Well, Napster's rivals are certainly rubbing their hands with glee, because Napster, for the next few months, doesn't have anything at all to offer. People who want to download free music won't be able to get it there, and those who would be willing to pay for it won't be able to that either, not until June...
...Well, the music labels are already going ahead with development of their own online music services, which is another reason they had no interest in meeting Napster halfway. Whether those will ever be able to compete with free file-sharing, it's hard to say. There's a certain appeal to physically owning a CD, with the liner notes and everything, and of course there's the appeal of something that's free. Paying for online music might be the worst of both worlds...