There is an interesting article up on Wired (Thanks Goddimus) discussing the future of Napster and the company possibly striking a deal with the RIAA. It then continues with the (obvious) notion that there really is no stopping the "idea" and if they do take down Napster there are several programs waiting to take its place. With Napster recently cooperating with Metallica by banning users it looks like those guys are at least "playing ball" with them and RIAA. I dont know about "selling out" or anything though.
It's really going to be interesting to see what the reaction in the hacker community will be if Napster is forced to sign a deal with the recording industry," [snip] "Regardless of the future of Napster, file-trading applications will continue to exist on the Web"
Oh yeah, and -sKunK- dug up this article with a prediction of jail terms by a senior official for end users downloading MP3s.
Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.
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