Former Top Music Exec Says Napster Cannot be Stopped
from the well,-duh dept
Frank Biondi Jr., the former head of Universal and Viacom was quoted as saying "Napster can't be ignored or destroyed. It's an incredible search engine, and there's a large core of Internet users out there that think free is the right price." Well, it's good to see someone might be getting it. Too bad he's not a chief exec there any more.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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