# NAPSTER!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229 "2000-05-01T06:01:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Rosethorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rosethorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosethorn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229/81 "2000-05-16T20:08:09Z")
Hey! I really do resent being called a THEIF! I mean, come on, how much more money do these people need? and I do appreciate that they do need to make money (as does everyone), but most of the songs being downloaded are songs from artists who have wonderful carees and I’m quite sure that they are well fed at home. On a side note, just because you go to Yale does not mean that you have good morals or values…look at the students here that are against sweat-shoppe protests. ---
**Author:** ![Rosethorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rosethorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosethorn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229/82 "2000-05-16T20:09:23Z")
Hey! I really do resent being called a THEIF! I mean, come on, how much more money do these people need? and I do appreciate that they do need to make money (as does everyone), but most of the songs being downloaded are songs from artists who have wonderful carees and I’m quite sure that they are well fed at home. On a side note, just because you go to Yale does not mean that you have good morals or values…look at the students here that are against sweat-shoppe protests. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229/83 "2000-05-16T20:26:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey! I really do resent being called a THEIF! I mean, come on, how much more money do these people need? I’ve decided that you don’t need to make any more money. It’s my opinion that you have quite enough. Therefore, all your future labor will now go uncompensated, since you’re just greedy. Is that OK with you? > [@](#): > > and I do appreciate that they do need to make money (as does everyone), but most of the songs being downloaded are songs from artists who have wonderful carees and I’m quite sure that they are well fed at home. So they are no longer entitled to profit from their labor and to control the distribution of their property? At what point does this happen, exactly, because I want to be sure I never pass it and have to give you my work for free because you want it. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229/84 "2000-05-16T22:16:57Z")
Damn. Phil beat me to it. Don’t you just love people who decide that any dishonesty is justifiable if the perceived target is powerfu/wealthy enough? Stealing from rich people, lying to the IRS, cheating the US Government – surely a person should be able do all of those things without being branded a thief, a liar and a swindler, right? It is to laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229/85 "2000-05-17T00:20:16Z")
The above link does not represent anything more than something I found amusing. I am not implying that I agree or disagre with the statements made in the cartoon. I should have said this before. ---
**Author:** ![Rosethorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Rosethorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosethorn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229/86 "2000-05-17T01:30:13Z")
~_sigh_~ I feel incrediably beaten and I see everyones points…I geuss. I geuss this was one argument I just cannot win…nor should I. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229/87 "2000-05-17T01:41:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > [NAPSTER BAD!](http://www.joecartoon.com/buddies/chaos/) > > Warning- rated “R” > \*\* I must confess, I almost wet myself laughing at this one. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229/88 "2000-05-17T16:56:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\* > > [NAPSTER BAD!](http://www.joecartoon.com/buddies/chaos/) > > > > Warning- rated “R” > > \*\* > > I must confess, I almost wet myself laughing at this one. > \*\* hear hear me 2. **wierddave** that was too funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster/18229.md?page=4)