Illegal Music Downloading
Problems With Illegal Music Downloading
In May of 2003 Kazaa had become the most downloaded software in the world with 230 million copies downloaded worldwide (Basen N.P.). So that is at least 230 million potential customers who are not paying for a lot of the music they are listening to. Downloading music for free is illegal and the current punishments are not doing enough to stop all of the downloaders.
On June 31st 1999 the worlds first way for people to share music for free over the internet was created when Shawn Fanning , the creator of the program, gave a version out to a few friends for beta testing. He called his software Napster after a nickname of his in college (Ante N.P.). He had told the friends not to give it to anyone but they couldn't resist because it was so good of a product In the matter of a few weeks over three thousand people were using Napster and that was when Shawn knew it would be a success. (N.P.). Those few thousand began spreading it over the internet and it began expanding its user base very quickly at a rate of between five and twenty-five percent growth daily (Taro N.P.). By March of 2000 there were around five million users and it was still spreading. When Napster was at its peak it had around twenty-five million users ranking it among the greatest computer applications of all time. (Kover N.P.). After battling in court for fourteen months Napster was shut down on February 2nd 2001 by the Ninth circuit court of appeals. It was shut down because it was a device that allowed the spread of pirated material. There were already numerous applications ready to take it's place most notably Kazaa which holds a record for most downloads of software with two hundred and thirty million copies (Basen N.P.).
What exactly was Napster? Napster was a peer to peer client software which would allow two computers to be connected directly over the internet allowing them to share files (Dong N.P.). It provided a way for users to share mp3 music
In May of 2003 Kazaa had become the most downloaded software in the world with 230 million copies downloaded worldwide (Basen N.P.). So that is at least 230 million potential customers who are not paying for a lot of the music they are listening to. Downloading music for free is illegal and the current punishments are not doing enough to stop all of the downloaders.
On June 31st 1999 the worlds first way for people to share music for free over the internet was created when Shawn Fanning , the creator of the program, gave a version out to a few friends for beta testing. He called his software Napster after a nickname of his in college (Ante N.P.). He had told the friends not to give it to anyone but they couldn't resist because it was so good of a product In the matter of a few weeks over three thousand people were using Napster and that was when Shawn knew it would be a success. (N.P.). Those few thousand began spreading it over the internet and it began expanding its user base very quickly at a rate of between five and twenty-five percent growth daily (Taro N.P.). By March of 2000 there were around five million users and it was still spreading. When Napster was at its peak it had around twenty-five million users ranking it among the greatest computer applications of all time. (Kover N.P.). After battling in court for fourteen months Napster was shut down on February 2nd 2001 by the Ninth circuit court of appeals. It was shut down because it was a device that allowed the spread of pirated material. There were already numerous applications ready to take it's place most notably Kazaa which holds a record for most downloads of software with two hundred and thirty million copies (Basen N.P.).
What exactly was Napster? Napster was a peer to peer client software which would allow two computers to be connected directly over the internet allowing them to share files (Dong N.P.). It provided a way for users to share mp3 music