(Interview with Douglas Rushkoff, author)

"You look at this new world, where big-label bands like Metallica are suing companies like Napster, and you've got to start asking, well, who's the counterculture here? It's a genuine question. What we're watching on the Internet is a consumer revolt against an industry that just has so absolutely sold out. I mean, most of us on the Internet still remember when they switched from records to CDs: We had to change everything, we had to buy more, for sounds that actually isn't as good, that costs us more and costs them less. I think the lingering resentment of that whole thing is like, "Now there's Napster and Gnutella, well, fuck 'em - I've already paid for this music twice, and now I'm going to get this stuff for free. And I'll help myself to some more stuff while I'm at it." But the downside is, MP3 sound actually sucks shit. MP3 is a psychoacoustic algorithm, meaning that it's psychologically tricking you into thinking you're hearing sounds that you're not. So the sound, even if you play it on your stereo, is not affecting your body in the same way a CD does, which is not affecting your body the same way that a vinyl album does. It's not music, it's the idea of music. I don't use Gnutella or Napster - one, because I think it's an angry thing, a consumer revolt. It's not the joy of music, it's the thrill of thwarting the industry that you don't like. And, two, because of the sound itself - I'm trying to wean myself off non-analog sound, because I just want to remember what music was."