Dave’s Desire to Reinstate Napster

Dave Winer says the following about the music industry wanting to delete files on people’s computers: “What they’re doing is pathetic, not evil. The evil is within me, for wanting to strike at them for their sad state. Much better approach. Make a pledge to not buy any music until they reinstate Napster, in all its glory. I’m good at keeping those kinds of pledges. So that’s what I’ll do. I hope you join me. Cut off their air supply. No industry has ever deserved it more.”

IMHO, Napster is finished, and has given way to better technology (Music City Morpheus). I’d like to see the music industry reinstate Napster-like services, but it’s not going to happen. At least not with this music industry. It’s probably time for some new record labels.