But a side effect of Napster was to allow music aficionados with lots of time to sort through a huge amount of intellectual property and promote the songs and artists they thought were worthy.

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Richard Watson, from Robinsons, said the property needed a "huge amount" of work to bring it up to a "decent standard".

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