Napster

In his freshman year at Northeast University, he attempted to enter computer courses higher than entry level. He was not allowed to enter these courses so in his spare time, he began writing a program based on the Windows operating system. He started spending a lot of time in chat rooms with professional, experienced programmers who knew the trade.

Shaun's roommate had a passion for MP3's, which are computer audio files. He loved using the files but hated the time and trouble it took to find them. Shaun decided he would write the Beta, which is a primary program, for what he called Napster. He had a vision of all users being connected to one central computer and a song list that would be constantly updated. After writing a small version, he gave it to his friends and family to try. Everyone was excited about the results

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Hopefully, Napster will become a computer company and expand out of just MP3's to all different branches of computer software and hardware. The RIAA claims that artists have expressed anger for not receiving any compensation, or even so much as a request for permission to create this platform.

I have used Napster and found it to be a fun alternative to searching with traditional search engines on the Internet, such as Yahoo! and Dogpile. Federal law does state that whole copies of music cannot be distributed without paying royalties to the owner, but Napster comes back with their universal argument of not trading the music, but simply providing a platform for the trading to be done on. Some of the justices who are deciding the outcome of the case have shown favor with Napster. Napster is benefiting many more people than it is causing an insignificant, inconvenience to. His creative gift should not be restricted because of success. Some of the more out spoken artists are Eminem and Metallica.

Napster can be downloaded and installed without a charge. Shaun planned to create a small network between some friends and family so they could share their music.

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Approximate Word count = 1046
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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