<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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III. Price 5 IV. Place: 5 V. People 6 VI. Process 6 VII. Physical evidence 7 VIII. Reference: 8 I. Product Napster offers music tracks that can be stored on customer’s hard disks in MP3 format. According to Chaffer 2009‚ this type of product is digital product which typically is information products that can delivered over the web. Napster differentiates itself from traditional music providers at the time when it offers customers convenience in finding and listening to music
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global music industry forever. Napster was a system which enabled persons to locate music available in the MP3‚ and WMA1 music formats. The website made it possible for its users to freely share their music files through the Internet with other users around the world. however‚ Napster maintained a database of music files held on the computer hard-drives of other registered Napster users. this allowed a user‚ looking for a particular song to send a request to Napster‚ which the software then checked
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As I sat in front of my computer downloading my favorite song from Napster‚ I started to think about how hard it must have been to write a song so sublime with the way the words flow from one another‚ and how talented one must be to do so. I started to think how hard people work on their music for themselves and their fans‚ and how their fans don’t realize what they are doing every time they download a song off the internet. What they don’t realize is that it is messing over the people who worked
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Some people think that it is perfectly fine to download music for free‚ but the majority of people know that it is illegal to do so. Joe Elliott works in the music industry and states “Napster is a form of theft. No doubt about it.” in a response to letter asking about how artist feel about it. Most people would argue and say that the artist do not care about how their music gets out because even with cutting the middleman out they still get their fair share of pay. The truth is most artist make
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Preface ……………………………………………………………….... Napster was one of the controversial online music file sharing company created by Shawn Fanning‚ a student of Northeastern University‚ Boston. The service and technology allowed users to share MP3 files with other logged in users of Napster via the internet. While it gained popularity for music sharing‚ it attracted the attention of the music industry accusing Napster for breaching plaintiff rights and copyright violations which saw
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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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Objective: Viability of Napster as a revenue generating company. Case in brief: Napster is a brainchild of Shawn fanning‚ launched on June 1 ‚1999 as a peer-to-peer music downloading program for college students. Napster became a one of the most popular sites on the internet‚ claiming some 15 million users in little more than a year. From the beginning‚ Napster facing so many problems from the RIAA and music industry players. Napster violated the copyrights by allowing users to swap the music recordings
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