Shawn Fanning came out from backstage to present an award with a Metallica shirt on. It was one of the funniest moments of the entire award show. The reason it was funny is because Metallica is suing Napster. Shawn Fanning created Napster to make it possible to download music for free, and Metallica is trying to help destroy the program he made. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), many artists, and many labels are all combining to help get rid of Napster. The main dog in the fight is the RIAA. They have tried to work with the RIAA, but they only want to destroy the program. The number of people that use Napster has grown rapidly in the last few months because of the publicity the news has given it. If it weren’t for the RIAA suing them, most people wouldn’t have even heard of Napster. There are many programs like Napster on the Internet, but the RIAA has set its sights on the most popular one for now. I don’t see any reason to shut them down completely. The RIAA and Napster should combine and create a better place to find music on the Internet.

People that use Napster think that downloading music is a way of sharing. People get things for free by sharing all the time. Kathryn Balint say

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If most people will pay, why wouldn’t the RIAA want to try and make money off the new technology instead of destroying it? The new combined site could sell T-shirts, concert tickets, and more. ” Washington Post 22 June 2000, final ed. The future of music is in the hands of the courts for now. There are many other things to do besides download music.

According to the RIAA, if you are downloading songs from Napster, you are a thief. I know a lot of people that would pay an amount of about twenty dollars for a month of downloads.

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