Difficult Quote by Jeffrey Katzenberg

Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting…

— Barry Diller

Napster is a consumer revolt. Napster is about my right to have this music and to share if I've paid for it. You know,…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright.

— Dan Farmer

Back before Napster and Spotify, we toured to promote record sales. Now we make records to promote tour dates.

— James McMurtry

Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativity and political imagination for all of our people. The…

— Al Gore

Napster was a black market for music. Ninety-nine per cent of the music that people were downloading was illegal because they didn't have the…

— Chad Hurley

I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster.

— Dave Rowntree

I think the fact that Napster is stealing recorded music is something that we have to stop. It's taking money out of my kid's…

— Art Alexakis

Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster…

— Lars Ulrich

With Napster and the sharing of music, of course, there are going to be people who exploit it. Greed has no end. But there's…

— Ian MacKaye

I think it's pretty obvious to most people that Napster is not media specific, but I could see a system like Napster evolving into…

— Shawn Fanning

I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong.

— Michael Moore