The creative possibilities of Napster subversion: Taking advantage
of Napster's anonymous, underground nature, skilful forgers are putting
parodies and satires on
the network, and mislabelling them as the latest tracks from big-name artists.
Included are a cop-killing song "from" Bruce Springsteen, and a "collaboration"
between chart-topping teen-market artists Eminem and Britney Spears.
A new subculture of subversive, creative art-pranks is arising, a
decentralised, do-it-yourself version of the culture jamming of the likes
of the KLF and Negativland.