CEO Hank Barry said Tuesday that the 38 million Napster users will soon have to pay “monthly dues” of, perhaps, $4.95 to access each other’s hard drives; it is the result of a deal Napster reached with one of five record companies suing it for copyright infringement.

Now they want to charge us to access eachothers hard drives? Thank you for the offer, records execs.

Speaking of execs, check out the encouraging photos of the geniuses planning the future of telecommunications in Atlantic Canada. Ask your kids about the “Internet” boys.