Two interesting articles:"More song swappers sued," and "Millions pay for music downloads."

It just so happens that I've been checking out the online music stores again, and some are looking a little better. The main service which I hadn't visited yet is Napster. Perhaps it's not as unappealing as I had thought.

With a current online catalog of 500,000 songs (and other services have yet to reach that mark), the selection looks ok. It's a shame the current standard for song pricing seems to be at 99 cents. Too expensive. People want to go in and buy tons of music.

But I do have a real compliment for Napster. Their user interface is very interesting. It's simple, inviting and straightforward. Congrats to the little pointy-eared Napster creature. Even if he did sellout big time.

Check out the "Indie" segment. But he's still a sellout.

And there's this killer mp3 player.