Lately, everyone has been talking about Napster, a computer program that allows people to share their music over the Internet. ... Because of their small size, MP3s can be easily transferred over the Internet from one computer to another. ... This kind of sharing eliminates the middleman between computer users, and it allows for a direct connection between people sharing their music (Taro-2). ... People are entitled to share their music over the Internet, and they should be allowed to share their music with other computer users. ... The reality of the creation of Napster is, in fact, a con...

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Computer users around the world connect to each other with specific programs created to swapping files. ... The software is there only to search through the different files on each of the user's computers. ... There a several FTP client programs available for computer users to access, many of them freeware as well. ... A computer user can obtain a certain IP address, and with the proper username and password, can have access to all files on that computer. ... Millions of computer users have taken advantage of it and have gained many free things. ...

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Napster collects a list of all the MP3 files from every user connected to it's server. ... Napster then will check it's collective data base obtained from every user logging in. Once a search is complete, it will display a list of songs from various users. ... Secondly, there is no centralized computer like Napster. ... With no central computer, Gnutella could never be shut down. ...

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Every computer on a File Swapping network has an IP address. ... It is like having a street address for your computer so all computers on a network can identify each other. ... The music industry is able to scan computers through IP which tells them which computers are on an active port downloading music. They are then able to get the service provider and home address of the PC user. ... It is the PC user's choice to share music, and the downloader receiving the file to download music. ...

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Although the Kazaa network is currently still running, recently many of us have deleted it from our computers. Kazaa is the latest most popular P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing program, which allows users to upload files(including songs, videos, software, etc.) onto the Kazaa network and download files that have been uploaded by other users. ... This news of RIAA lawsuits caused many of us, or many of our parents to order us to delete Kazaa from our computers. ... However, 261 people have been targeted, and the RIAA's hit list has been updated to over 911 users. ... When the RIAA files o...

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P2P networks work by the use of software to allow end users (you and me) to be able to access and download other users shared files. Shared files are the files that an individual user has chosen to share with other users on a network. ... The proposed bill would allow any copyright holder to disable or block a computer trading their protected works on P2P networks. ... By blocking everything from being downloaded or up loaded from a user's computer. ... The new bill proposed by Representative Howard Berman would also allow the music industry's hackers to do some damage to end users c...

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It took a mere few months to create this stunning new technology, coupling a music search function with a file sharing system, along with instant messaging to facilitate communication.1 Napster was created for one reason, to allow computer users to swap music mp3 files with one another directly, without having to go through a centralized file server or middleman. ... Secondly Napster also tried to claim that its service's were merely for users to sample, or browse sound recordings. ... Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Napster knew its users were violating copyright laws through its...

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There are many websites on the Internet where you can download free music, pictures, movies and much more from someone else's computer. ... Users at home use Napster by installing their software on their computer, searching for files they wish to download from someone else's computer just like theirs, and sharing the file with others just like everyone else does. ... I have research other studies proving that Napster users, more often than not, use the program to sample songs, and then go out and buy the cd, assuming they like the samples they heard on Napster. Many users do this ...

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Personal computers were not introduced until 1981 but the World Wide Web wasn"t created by Tim Berners-Lee until 1990. ... And shortly after, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Napster users are illegally copying and distributing copyrighted commercial songs. It orders Napster to stop its users from trading and distributing copyrighted material. ... With over 40% of Web users subscribed to America Online, this should be a major concern for the music, movie, software, and video game industries. ... The ethical issue in internet piracy is pretty obvious; should people be able to trad...

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The majority of Internet users download MP3 files. ... With this software, anyone with a music CD and computer could produce a MP3 file. ... Numerous options were available to computer users, and most of the software was free (Jones 2). ... When a user searches for a song, the database on the Napster server tells the user who has the song they are looking for. ... Over 40 million people became Napster users. ...

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Before the internet, sharing files had to be accomplished through manually carrying the disk from computer to computer. ... Within months Napster servers exploded, at its peak Napster had 300 million users trading on it at once. ... With ever growing bodies of users, and no way to attack one entity, the recording industry is headed towards disaster if it does not attempt to thwart users ultimate wishes. ... The reality exists that users do not want to pay for intellectual media. ... Undoubtedly the recording industry will have to compromise with users and customers alike. ...

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The round of recent lawsuits caps a broad investigation that began in June, when music companies said they would begin tracking down heavy users of file-sharing networks. By using a file-sharing program online, anyone can easily determine how many files a particular user is making available to others. ... Users who sign an sworn statement promising to delete illegal copies of songs on their computers and take other steps are promised to not be sued for their past actions, the recording companies said. ... These "uploaders" are people who allow others to download music from their computers. .....

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Simplistically, the issue of Internet music distribution concerns three groups of people the Internet users who download music, the organizations and individuals who distribute music through Internet sites, and lastly the artists and their record companies, record manufactures and music stores. As the Internet users generally argue, Internet music distribution has numerous advantages. Even novice Internet users can now access the virtually any songs ever written in a matter of seconds. This can all be done from the personal computer and is far more practical for people than the previous means...

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Apparently the close down Napster was really being against by those 50,000,000users and it was such a big disappointment because banning Napster is not the final say on the issue.Whether or not Napster survives, the technology is now out there.Napster "s gone, other Napster clones will get popular,OpenNap,Freenet,Gnutella,musicity, Powernap..etc.They can't fight the technology.Even if people can't download free music on the internet at all, there still exists the music file swapping services that let users search the computers of other people in the networ...

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The historical growth of Napster users soon troubled the record industry. ... Certain applications do not even require users to log in using a screen name or any other identifying information. ... Calculations using the RIAA's figures of units shipped in 2001 and the amount of people over the age of nine results in an annual average of 2.7 CD's per person for "Offline" and "Nonusers", 4.9 CD's per person for all groups using file sharing, 6.1 per person categorized as frequent users, and a surprising 9.7 per person for downloading "Lovers"(Bricklin). ... In fact, music download ...

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File sharing is when people share files on their computers with other users. ... Filters prevented certain artists from being listed in searches and if you had songs by certain artists on your computer, you would be banned. ... What file-sharing has told the recording industry is that a very large number of people are more willing to sit in front of their computer and download music, rather than pay for the ridiculously overpriced alternative. ...

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