Napster In La-La Land Music & MP36/15/2000; 10:27:51 AM Apparently Napster is now speaking out about the lawsuit with the following: 'But Tuesday, Mr. Barry, himself an attorney, went much further, saying that music listeners are "confused about their rights" owing to various lawsuits against Napster. He added that people have a right to use various digital and computer technologies, some of which he said companies in the music industry helped fund. He also said people were trading, and not selling, music files over Napster.'The reaction: 'Mr. Barry’s comments mark a new public-relations effort on the part of the embattled Napster, but are not likely to gain much acceptance among legal experts, most of whom say that sharing unauthorized copies of music files, as happens routinely on Napster, is a cut-and-dried violation of copyright laws.'Something must be wrong. Mr. Barry couldn't possibly have meant what the reaction implies he meant, that it's perfectly legal to share music files with Napster as long as you don't sell them. It's undeniable that what most users do with Napster is flagrantly illegal. What's debatable is whether or not Napster is liable for the illegal behavior. This could be a result of confusion. If Mr. Barry was claiming that users have a right to use Napster, to counter the mistaken understanding of those who would say all Napster use is illegal, which was then interpreted by those with that mistaken understanding as a claim that all Napster use is legal, then I could understand how this happened.Anybody who sees an article from another source on the same topic that sheds light on the issue, either by quoting more of Mr. Barry's claims or clarifying the position of the reacting people, please forward me a link (preferably in reply to this message).