This article is real interesting. It both gives a brief history of the Napster Wars and the demise of the record business, and it warns against a repeat of that debacle by visual media companies with regard to services like YouTube. Beyond that, it argues that use first and negotiate later has been the business model for over a hundred years, as when record companies recorded sheet music and then worked out a payment plan for it.

Why Is Hollywood Making s Sequel to the Napster Wars?