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...

In the recent past, a well-known and widely used internet utility known as Napster was ordered to discontinue all of its activities due to copyright violations. Napster was an internet music-sharing service and was one of the most popular services of its kind. The company existed to allow people acr...

Controlling the InternetCensorship plays a role in everything that is portrayed on the Internet. However, due to the size and its rapid growth, it has become almost impossible to control. In respect to censorship in the Internet, we will be examining the issues of pornography, privacy, security, a...

Napster RICHARD TIBBETTS Is downloading songs off of Napster morally acceptable? My first inclination is to say, no, that downloading an entire song from the Internet is stealing. The artist who recorded the song would actually think so, along with the record label com...

Mobile/Cell Phones Mobile phones have changed the way the world communicates. With the invention of the cellular phone service in 1983, personal telephones no longer depended on wires. In the 90's it was now possible to connect to the Internet from virtually anywhere in the world from your cellular ...

Online business has become more prosperous in today's marketplace than it has been in the past, when computers were not as popular. With special software that eliminates the jobs of customer service personnel, along with new ad campaigns and e-alliances, Internet commerce continues to thrive. Even...

INTRODUCTIONDownloading music on the internet has become a big controversial issue over the past years. The question is: Is it okay? I think yes. Music is a creative process (#3), that should be shared and enjoyed by as many people as possible. However record companies around the world believe that ...

File sharing is now part of everyday life for the internet generation. The majority of this file sharing is illegal, but it still occurs everyday nonstop. Napster and other programs like it are inevitable because the internet provides a worldwide link between people and the files that they desire ...

Mike Rossi Sarah Holmes Writing 101 November 27, 2000 Napster, Fighting for Survival The Internet provides many different types of information on virtually any topic possible. There are many components that make up the Internet besides text. Software that is available on the Interne...

Illegally copying and distributing copyrighted material is against the law. This law is widely known but rarely enforced. However, in recent months an Internet program called Napster has come under fire for aiding in the illegal distribution of music. The Recording Industry Association of America (R...

Music is beautiful, and the artists who create it are greatly appreciated. Music lets you escape reality or get you in touch with reality. Most people can relate to a lot of songs, the reason for this is because the artists who write the songs are in some way or another, just like you and me. In t...

Shutting Down Napster is Not the Solution Almost everyone has heard of Napster and its long debated issue's of file swapping and sharing. Considering Napster's short-lived existence of about a year and a half, they have certainly opened many people's eyes. Some say the file swap...

NapsterIntroductionNapster is known as one of the most influential Internet applications since email and instant messenger. Now the destiny of a website that has changed the entire music industry is hanging by a thread called the First Amendment. The most popular websites for more than 25 millions u...

Judson Smith Myers English 1101 Paper 1 9/13/2000 Could Napster Be Nicked? Recently, Napster, Inc., the online song sharing company came very close to being shut down for copyright infringement. I believe that it would be a mistake to shut down these online, song-sharing, companies as they provide...

"Downloading Music: Useful or Harmful?" Napster, the original creator of free music shareware over the internet, developed a concept that changed the music industry and the consumption of music forever. Napster enabled users to download music from a certain artist in order for them t...

Napster: Revolutionary Program or One-Hit Wonder?Illegally copying and distributing copyrighted material is against the law. This law is widely known, but rarely enforced. However, in recent months an Internet program called Napster has come under fire for aiding in the illegal distribution of mus...

Napster: Revolutionary Program or One-Hit Wonder?Illegally copying and distributing copyrighted material is against the law. This law is widely known, but rarely enforced. However, in recent months an Internet program called Napster has come under fire for aiding in the illegal distribution of mus...

Rip. Mix. Burn. Steal?After a dramatic federal court ruling that has shut Napster down, will have an effect on sharing music files on the internet. Napster has been one of the hottest sites on the internet in the last eighteen months, with more than fifty million users. Napster allows anyone with ...

Universitat St. GallenHochschule fur Wirtschafts-Rechts- und SozialwissenschaftenITM / MCMWahlteil Neue Medien / MedienarchitekturProf. Dr. Beat SchmidFILE SHARING SYSTEMEP2PVon Philipp BrunnerHans GeiserRoman HoggStefan KressBeat MeierOlivier SalaminAbgabetermin: 5. Dezember 2000InhaltsverzeichnisE...

NapsterIs downloading music via the Internet sharing or stealing? To millions of Napster's users, it's just sharing and perfectly legal. Napster is a fast growing service that allows online users to search each others' files and exchange music stored in the MP3 format, the format used to copy song...

Information TechnologyTechnology ReportMp3 PlayersAs of late, there has been a new force arising in the music industry, this being Mp3. There has been an explosion of interest in Mp3 primarily thanks to the internet. People can easily download nearly any song they want for the price of a phone call....

More than 25 million people have used Napster in less than one year of operation. It took America Online over 9 years of mailing out start up c.d.'s and other publicity ideas to have that many users. Napster has become the most popular computer software ever made. However, as the majority of y...

First of all how does Napster work? Napster is a software program created by 19 year old Shawn Fanning, through which users can swap songs over the Internet. Computer users visit Napster.com and download the free Napster program. Once the software is installed on the user's hard drive, the user can ...

For many years the record companies have fixed record prices to avoid competing with each other and to maximize their profits. Currently, the record companies are collaborating in order to force Napster to shut down. The record companies are claiming that Napster is breaking copyright laws. Napster ...

Like the old saying goes, "The best things in life are free." digital media is no exception. Digital media has lately been getting attention due to the legal accusations on a certain type of digital media, MP3s. MP3 stands for Mpeg (a common file compression format) audio layer 3 (which means i...