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... One of those tools that created big popularity among Internet users is called Napster – software that allows its users to share music among each other. ...
Introduced to the public in August of 1999, Napster gained more than 20 million users in less than 2 years, comparing to America On Line, which took more than six years to get 10 million users (Lee). Once connected to a Napster server, user has an access to several thousand other Napster users who are on the same server as he or she is. ... That suggests that the average Napster user has approximately 100 music files that she or he shares with others”(Lee). Critics may argue that such an entity like Napster, which was transformed into a big corporation in such a small period of time, is a complete success; nevertheless, Napster’s opponents question whether Napster is legal. The spirit of sharing information that dominates Napster became so popular, that it makes a lot of artists very nervous about protecting the artistic and intellectual property that makes them money. With the expansion of CD-Rs’ sales and with help of the so called "peer-to-peer" system under which Napster operates, the transformation of art, which is an intellectual property of musical artists, becomes illegal, and damages financially both artists and record companies. ... Seven months after its creation, Napster is being sued, by The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in U. ... Napster’s case applies under the DMCA act. ... Record companies question the legality of Napster. ... Napster is a bong.
Because of Napster, copyrighted material started circulating among its users. Once a music consumer is connected to a Napster community, absolutely any song can be downloaded to his or her hard drives for free. ... With Napster, though, theres no time limit and everyone is a winner, except for the artist. ... Why would anyone bother buying compact discs anymore, when, with a click of a mouse, any mp3 song can be easily swapped to a hard drive through Napster? ... Are we to blame Napster for all this? ... Students no longer purchased records from records stores after Napster appeared, but simply copied artistic material, that they downloaded from Napster, to their CD-Rs. ...
Metallica was the first representative of artistic community to join RIAA in the battle against Napster.
Approximate Word count = 1905
Approximate Pages = 7.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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