Napster
A battle is being fought over how we access our music. Technology has greatly
changed the days of going to the record store to purchase music. Now we are able to link to
millions of music lovers around the world by hopping on our computers, getting on the interenet
and by using a file-sharing program called Napster. Now many questions arise: Is it stealing
from the artists or is it stealing from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)? It
also brings about the questions of how "free" the internet should be. Where do we even begin
to regulate this giant beast called the World Wide Web?
The way this technology works is it allows internet users to share and download MP3
files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network. The software is used by
downloading a client program from the Napster site and then connecting to the network through
this software, which allows sharing (uploading and downloading) of......
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