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"There's an old adage, and it applies all too often in the growth of giant digital media players: if you're going to steal, steal big."

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Jim McDermott, former VP of Electronic Music Distribution at Sony Music;

Invariably, people point out that labels exploited artists for years, and use that as some rationalization for file sharing. But all it really means is that Napster made it easy for the fans to screw the artists too, and a few entrepreneurs got really rich instead of label guys. You can't support Napster by claiming some moral high ground.


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