napster

There are many ways that an artist can be stripped of making an honest living, Napster, one

of the many 'Mp3' services online, is the latest. An Mp3 ( short for ISO-MPEG Audio Layer 3 ) is a digital

compression of a music or video file so it's easier to send to one another over the internet ( Levy, 51 ).

Napster is an online music source where you can search for a song and download it absolutely free, with just

The Napster program, created by 19 year-old college drop out Shawn Fanning, is the fastest

growing site in history. It recently passed the 25 million mark in less than a year since it was released

(Greenfeld, 62 ). His program allows you to download copyright music, and that's why he is being sued by a

number of corporations. Napster is being sued by RIAA ( the Recording Industry Association of America ),

record companies ( BMG, the holder of lables like: Arista, Bad Boy, RCA, LaFace ), and artists (

. . .
If you record it, make one hundred copies of it, and sell it on

the street is wrong and that's why many are against Napster.

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Work Cited ( Bibliography )

Greenfeld, Karl Taro. In other words, do you pay for MTV,

VH1, HBO? Yes, but do you pay for radio broadcasting, NBC, ABC, Fox? No, it's public domain, therefore

it's free. Some artists are actually for Napster like Chuck

D. Napster should a service where you pay a monthly fee, and

there are certain artists that abide to have their songs swapped on Napster. They think that it's alright to download

broadcast media from network television or radio on Napster. It's the most

exciting thing since rap, disco and the Beatles. Users tried it for

free, and obviously they like it due to its overwhelming popularity. It's been said that people use Napster because they feel so

ripped off that compact disc prices are so high.

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