special search engine and the Napster service responds with a list identifying where the file is located. Click on any file listed and a digital copy of the song, usually recorded as an MP3 file, is transferred over the Internet to the user's computer. The song can then be played from the computer or re-copied onto a blank CD.
             Napster takes the hassle out of searching for MP3s in that there are no more broken links, no more slow downloads and no more busy, disorganised FTP sites. It allows users to locate and download music in MP3 format from a convenient and easy-to-use interface.
             Napster provides a virtual community of MP3 fans as each Napster user shares their MP3 collection with everyone else who is running Napster. This, in turn, ensures that there is then a vast collection of MP3s for download. All Napster results are verified to allow the user to find the fastest server, and all searches are in real time, so the list of available songs you receive is consistently reliable. This service seemed to be the solution to everybody's problems with finding music they liked for their computer, without having to pay for whole CD's, but it seems not everyone shares the general public's enthusiasm.
             In early 2000 the Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, joined five other major record labels by announcing that it would take legal action against the Napster company for copy
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