Z:gnu-www-ja-copyright-and-globalization--ecf90a-=3Cb=3EQUESTION=3C/b=3E: One analogy t/en

QUESTION: One analogy that was recently suggested to me for the whole Napster question was the analogy of the public library. I suppose some of you who have heard the Napster arguments have heard this analogy. I'm wondering if you would comment on it. The defenders of people who say Napster should continue and there shouldn't be restrictions on it sometimes say something like this: &ldquo;When folks go into the public library and borrow a book, they're not paying for it, and it can be borrowed dozens of times, hundreds of times, without any additional payment. Why is Napster any different?&rdquo;