The minds behind Napster saw a new era of ?tape trading? and sharing music, and if the RIAA had sought innovation instead of the protection of a legacy, it would?ve jumped on the chance to legalize Napster and turn it into the first major digital music marketplace. But the RIAA had its ?legacy? to protect, so it went after Napster (and the P2P hydra that its shutdown created) instead of offering consumers what they wanted (as Napster did, albeit on an illegal basis). Opening that digital distribution pipeline also created the idea that maybe musicians didn?t need the RIAA to spread their music around. Now musicians around the world can make money off of their music without going through the RIAA. Napster effectively destroyed the RIAA?s ?legacy? of control over the distribution of music.