Napster

Napster provides free mp3’s to everyone. Napster has any song that you can ever want. The song library is vast in that there are millions of

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I have downloaded thousands of songs.

So there are some artists who feel that napster is actually a positive thing. One such artist is Dave Matthews from the Dave Matthews Band who states,

There are a lot of bigger problems in the world than whether Napster succeeds or fails…I don’t think there is a malice coming out of Napster. This issue is really mixed in that some artists do support Metallica’s claim, but there are some artists who do not agree with Metallica. It has changed the way recording companies do their business and making these companies and artists to defend their intellectual properties. Nsync was another band that had benefited from napster in that it went on to sell many records, and set the record for most albums sold in one week. The recording industry is losing money even though music sales were up last year. Madonna states, “Napster could be a great way for people to hear your music who wouldn’t have the chance to hear it on the radio Madonna, Rolling Stones, 9/28/2000. My music collection has grown, because of napster and I basically have all the music I could ever have wanted. On the other hand if I like the songs that I received from napster; I will buy the whole album. Through the free music people obtain; emerging artists can get more exposure through this peer to peer file sharing software. Since people get the free download of music from Napster, it results in other people not buying records and just downloading mp3’s and recording them yourself. Bands like Limp Bizket have sold more albums because of napster. ” Napster not only provides free mp3’s, but it also helps people hear the music before they buy it.

Napster provides more exposure to musicians.

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