People have made programs on the Internet to get free music, instead of having to spend a dollar a song, by spending the time to create these programs. Some of these programs are Kazaa, Kazaa lite, Blubster, WinMX and most importantly, Napster. These programs have made it possible for people to save money and enjoy music for free. The programs have become so advanced that it is possible to now download movies off the programs and burn them onto Digital Video Discs. As a result of all this free music musicians have become infuriated and have started filing law suits. .
In 1999, an 18 year old college drop named Shawn Fanning changed the way music was to be heard by creating a program that shares Mp3's anywhere in the world (Rowell 3). "The controversial Napster program was developed by former Northeastern University student Fanning when he was 18." (Rowell 3). The invention of this program influenced other Internet users to make better programs for finding free music. Fanning was very popular among most of the Internet users but instantly became one of the most hated people in the music industry. Bands, and record labels were not happy that people could now get music for free and be able to put it on Compact Discs. The leading band that outlawed Napster was the band Metallica. Lars Ulrich, Metallicas drummer was especially angry out of his whole band because songs Metallica made were being put on the Internet and they did not want those songs to get out (Metallica 1). Ulrich gave Napster 60,000 pages of Napster users and had them banned from Napsters server (Metallica 1). These actions caused Metallica to lose a lot of fans because of the reaction that was given to the public, and the fact that the band contradicted themselves, because to the members music was supposed to be about fun, but the reactions to this new music program proved otherwise. When Napster was up and running for free they had about one and a half million users in one weekend (Rowell 2).
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Is downloading songs off of Napster morally acceptable? ... The downloading of music off of Napster is not morally acceptable. ... Let's look at Napsters court experiences. ... "In December 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America filed suit against Napster. Last April, Metallica also sued Napster for copyright infringement, and so did Dr. ...
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Is downloading songs off of Napster morally acceptable? To answer that question one needs to look into how Napster originated. Napster began in the dorm room of music and computer enthuisiust Shawn Fanning, a 19 year-old college freshman at North Eastern University in Boston in 1999. ... By being able to download free music off of Napster you are taking away some of the rights of the musicians and the music industry as a whole to make revenue off their product. ... In conclusion, the questions of the morality of Napster is a matter of opinion. ...
Downloading and sharing music files through such programs like Napster and Kazaa became more controversial as its popularity grew. ... Fanning is the creator of Napster, which was the first highly recognized and issued form of downloading and sharing music files. ... They are accusing Napster of allowing users to make unauthorized copies of music that belongs to RIAA artists. ... Napster was to shut down its site and it did in July of 2001. ... The case against Napster raised questions about whether a software manufacturer is liable for the ways in which their product is used. ...
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He created the ever famous website, Napster. ... Napster has come a long way from when he first created the website. ... C.D. burning is one of the options featured on Napster. ... Napster has also posted the copyright infringement laws. ... Napster has the same needs. ...
