I thought the record companies were scared of Napster because they feared that people would download songs by Britney Spears and N’Sync for free. But perhaps they’re actually petrified that people might not download those songs even though they’re free! And what would that say about the quality of artists whom they’ve spent millions of dollars promoting? Indeed, when all the music is free and suddenly no one has to take a £15 risk on something they may not like, what do the charts look like then? (Answer: full of songs called things like “hot-pumpy-sex-sex-sex-lesbian-teenage-fantasy-xxx” … uh wait, that’s no different from Britney Spears.)