<b>1. Background</b> <br>The Napster software (http://www.napster.com)‚ launched early in 1999‚ allows internet users to share and download MP3 files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network. The software is used by downloading a client program from the Napster site and then connecting to the network through this software‚ which allows sharing (uploading and downloading) of MP3 files between all users connected to the network. While Napster does not condone copyright infringement
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Introduction The Napster brand has had a varied history. Its initial incarnation was as the first widely used service for ‘free’ peer-to-peer (P2P) music sharing. The record companies mounted a legal challenge to Napster due to lost revenues on music sales which eventually forced it to close. But the Napster brand was purchased and its second incarnation offers a legal music download service in direct competition with Apple’s iTunes. Now‚ internet is very well developed all of the world. Following
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Sean Fanning had no idea of the amount of turmoil that the creation of Napster would cause. Full-length songs were being exchanged in a matter of minutes‚ and neither the artists nor the record companies were seeing a cent of it. With the widespread popularity of Internet file sharing the music population was divided. People either saw the program as a Godsend that would save them from wallet gouging CD prices or a new-aged form of robbery. From the money-hungry record company executive to the
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Napster Controversy Executive Summary This case takes a look at the Napster company which was launched in 1999 by freshman Shawn Fanning. Napster was later shut down in 2001 due to violations of copyright laws. The Napster;s offerings was later condemned By RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)‚ a trade group representing the world’s biggest record labels‚ Universal music‚ Sony Music‚ Warner Music‚ EMI group and Bertelsmann AG.This case study gives a detailed analysis of the creation
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The Rise and fall of Napster It started as an accident. Shawn Fanning was just experimenting and thinking of an easier to go through a search engine for music. What was a simple idea turned out to be a phenomenon in the Internet world. The creation of Napster led to many problems and brought about new issues that involved the entertainment industry and piracy laws. Napster is a software where a compilation of all of its user’s files are held in a central unit and each user is able to use its
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copyright protection by laws for their intellectual material. Napster is a good example of how these intellectual property rights are being compromised on the Internet. Napster is a simple‚ yet sophisticated program created by a young college student named Shawn Fanning that enables users to anonymously swap and share audio files known as MP3s. During its infancy‚ Napster only had approximately 3‚000 users. At that time‚ Napster could probably have been protected by the Audio Home Recording Act
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Napster is an online trading program that allows users to look into another persons hard-drive in order to trade music. "Napster and similar software provides users with a method of searching thousands of other users computers to share thousands of high quality music‚ music that is stored in the compressed .mp3 format."(Internet). Music of the popular artist is traded through the Internet at no cost. In other words instead of having to pay market price for music users of Napster receive the music
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paved the way for the new ATAWAD consumption ( Any Time‚ Any Where‚ Any Device) and it has given a free way for consumer to override the copyrights system that was hitherto based on materialized good. The A&M records vs Napster case in 2001 and more recently the Megaupload case in 2012 were only the most public front in wide ranging battle between the entertainment industries and the millions of individuals who were using the Internet to download‚ without authorization‚ copyrighted works‚
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that music industries make”. While this may be true for the music industry as a whole‚ individual artists do suffer significant financial losses from websites like Napster. At these sites millions can instantly download music illegally without any consequences. Users glorify Napster ‚along with other sites similar‚ to the fact that Napster is perfect for expulsion of artists. A Palmdale High Student‚ Cassandra Brito‚ states‚ “Free downloads
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Copyright Laws‚ Napster and Personal Ethics Abstract: The current lawsuits against Napster have brought out new ethical issues surrounding the exchange of MP3s and copyrighted material on the Internet. This paper discusses the ethical case against those who participate in MP3 trading services such as Napster and suggests ethical alternatives to these services. The free exchange of CD-quality music in the form of MP3s has created quite a stir in the media in the past few years and has forced
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