OFF THE RECORD.

Video Business, April, 2001 by Sweeting, Paul

A growing chorus of voices is raising serious and articulate questions about the record industry's approach to the digital revolution. WASHINGTON--If last week's muted demonstration on behalf of Napster during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is any indication, the online music-swapping service is losing some of its once fiery populist appeal.

While the company managed to rally a few of the faithful for a "teach-in" in Washington on the eve of the hearing, its efforts to sway the senators by disrupting the official proceedings amounted to little more than packing the back of the hearing room with a few dozen bewildered-looking teenagers. The service even appears to be losing its most sympathetic ear on Capitol Hill. Kicking off last week's...

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