er, what I was trying to say waaaayyy back up there was that napster may be detested by many, but the new alternatives such as gnutella and the rest can't be subject to the same method of control that napster has now established as they are not centralized. It is virtually impossible to shut down or filter these new peer-to-peer services. At least napster had some degree of control over the files being transmitted. With these new methods, it's not just mp3s that can be shared - you can get mpegs etc. as well
We have to face up to the fact that file sharing over the internet is here to stay, and instead of attempting to stop it, which isn't going to work, we should be looking for changes in licensing and copyright laws and royalty payments.