Dear Mr. President, I'd like to discuss a problem involving music sharing and Napster in America today. With the recent court hearing against Napster many teenagers and people are enraged with the judgment against Napster. I feel that music sharing should be legal regardless of the copyrigh...

Digital music, in combination with the internet, has allowed people all across the world to download any song they desire completely free of charge. This is great for consumers, but it is a frightening problem for all involved in the music industry. Illegal downloads have taken the online world by...

Napster Ah, the Internet, what a wondrous invention. It is a speedy alternative to the U.S. Postal Service, a tool for enriching the minds of many, a worldwide shopping mall, and also a haven for copyright pillagers. Or is it? The last eighteen or so months of news from t...

So it's a Friday night and you, being a stereotypical Penn State student, are ready to go out. Whether it be the latest fraternity party, or just a get together in an apartment, everyone is well aware of the evenings plans. Go to a party, drink some beer, take a few shots, and make your way hom...

Napster What would you do if had a access to all the music that you wanted and it was free? Well, in the age of the internet this situation is possible with mp3's. Mp3's are compressed digital audio files which has near cd quality sound. It was developed by a German engineering form cal...

In recent years, the recording industry has been fighting a losing war to maintain and increase CD sales levels. The reason for lower sales is not that recorded music has become unpopular. The reasons are because Internet technology and servers like MP3, Monster, Kazaa and other web sites allow us...

The internet has forever changed the way we get our information. Though the technology has been around for about 40 years it was not perfected until the early to mid 1990's. With the introduction of ISP's such as America Online, Compuserve, general usage of the internet skyrockete...