I think it's pretty obvious to most people that Napster is not media specific, but I could see a system like Napster evolving into something that allows users to locate and retrieve different types of data other than just MP3s or audio files.

Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design.

Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business.

But I just really think there is a natural extension into other types of media because it's an excellent system for reliably locating and retrieving content.

Napster works because people who love music share and participate.

I think in terms of the work were doing now a lot of the UI cleanup... I see it getting much prettier.

It was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market.