In Napster’s Wake, New Services Take Off

SiliconValley.com has an article on the successor’s to Napster’s “throne,” if it can be called that anymore. The make reference to KaZaA, and its Fasttrack network. The also touch on gnutella, and give some interesting figures: “Traffic on Fasttrack … has exploded to the point where more than 600,000 users now log on during peak hours.” Another interesting and encouraging quote: “‘If we went away, (Morpheus) would still be there,’ said Music City Networks chief executive Steve Griffin, who claims his Morpheus software has been downloaded 12 million times. ‘The network itself is self-sustaining.’