Napster wasn't able to successfully switch from a free for all download system to one where people paid to download. Not many of the paid systems do much business anyway, but the ones which start out with no rules and try to change run into a culture problem. BitTorrent is the next one which will experience that as they try to partner with some of the desparate movie studios to offer paid downloads of movies. So while some people are going to download the latest James Bond for free, another group will use the same service to pay for the same movie. Probably not going to happen.
But at least that idea isn't as ridiculous as WalMart's buy a DVD and then pay more to get a copy for your video device or computer. I don't see that being too popular either. Who wants to pay twice or three times for the same content?
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