@ned Also that Youtube is both the worst paying service, and the easiest one to get clean rips off of. Youtube and Clipgrab provide faster and easier pirating of music than Napster ever did.
Napster had data showing that many of their customers were willing to pay up to $15/mo. They were willing to collect that money, count downloads, and pay royalties. The record labels, backed by some big artists, said no, we want them dead.
How did that work out for them?