It's interesting how the brouhaha

Brandweek, May 22, 2000 by Kipp Cheng

It's interesting how the brouhaha swirling around the now-notorious file-sharing app known as Napster has the familiar scent of the frenzy that surrounded MP3. Record labels and some music acts--most notably Metallica--have been vocal about the copyright violations inherent in distributing music outside the control of the music industry.

But to demonize technology Is short-sighted. While labels spent much of 1999 characterizing MP3 as evil, they later realized MP3 wasn't going away. So too with Napster. Now that the genie is out, what's next?