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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Napster has taken the search out of getting great music for everyone and has taken it a step forward by offering at no charge to the consumer.

The laws of our constitution will most likely be altered in the near future to prevent electronic crime and piracy.

On May 8, 2000, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued the creators of Napster for music piracy. More programs with many different purposes will probably be produced by people with the same genius as Shaun and even if Napster does get closed, I'm sure someone else will create a program to take its place.

Napster can be downloaded and installed without a charge. Their attacks on Napster show that they do not have as much interest in pleasing the public as they do in personal profit. I agree that Napster is a public service because of the hard work Shaun has put into this, without profit, and unintentional success. A wide variety of musical genres are available for users of every nation, style and age.

The reason the case has remained in court so long is the huge number of people who support the program. They are suing Napster for giving people the ability

to download music, even though Napster argues that they are not responsible because they do not supply the songs.

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

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