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File Sharing

Napster

A battle is being fought over how we access our music. Technology has greatly

changed the days of going to the record store to purchase music. Now we are able to link to

millions of music lovers around the world by hopping on our computers, getting on the interenet

and by using a file-sharing program called Napster. Now many questions arise: Is it stealing

from the artists or is it stealing from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)? It

also brings about the questions of how "free" the internet should be. Where do we even begin

to regulate this giant beast called the World Wide Web?

The way this technology works is it 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......


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