Reply #144: The plan I'm talking about is not quite analogous [View All]

[Ignacio Upton]

Napster and Rhapsody only allow you to RENT your songs, and then charge you for them under a similar system as itunes. You are also limited to how much you can burn them to CD's or use them on mp3 players. Also, DRM has made it so that those songs won't play on ipods (although EMI's deal with Apple might gradually signal a broader change in this area.) What I'm advocating will not have those restrictions. Also, there have been companies that have hosted overseas, and are also facing the same problems as P2P companies. Here Kazza was based in Australia (and partly in the South Pacific) and still had to settle legally. There is also the Pirate Bay, a torrent-tracking site that was recently raided in Sweeden. Imesh, another site threatened by the RIAA, is based in Israel.