Kazaa crisis
Although the Kazaa network is currently still running, recently many of us have deleted it from our computers. Kazaa is the latest most popular P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing program, which allows users to upload files(including songs, videos, software, etc.) onto the Kazaa network and download files that have been uploaded by other users. For those of us who have taken advantage of this privilege of pirating media from its very start with programs such as Napster and Audiogalaxy, we are used to seeing shutdowns of these networks, only to compel us to seek other file sharing networks. However, there has never been the situation in which the RIAA damaged the network by imposing lawsuits against the network’s users. This news of RIAA lawsuits caused many of us, or many of our parents to order us to delete Kazaa from our computers. Yet, there have been some of us who have found the lawsuits ridiculous and irrational, as one upperclass man put it: “There are like 5 million people on Kazaa. What are they gonna do, sue all of us?”(Bobby Zheng, Class II) Also, some people have downloaded only about 40 or 50 songs off of Kazaa, and feel that they won’t be targeted. However, 261 people have been targeted, and the RIAA’s hit li
The RIAA approached the file sharing issue the wrong way, having created a huge mess in which no kind of progress will be gained, but only money. Even though many people now fear the idea of downloading from Kazaa, they have only just sought other means, such as Morpheus, WinMx, and the more complex mIRC. Many are now anti-RIAA for their aggressive, irrational actions and so record sales will most likely stay the same if not worsen. As one file sharer put it, regarding the RIAA’s reaction to the file sharing networks: "This isn't going to go away. All they'll end up doing is screwing the music companies, screwing the artists and screwing themselves." (http://clearstatic.org:2396/node/view/245) Here’s another interesting case. A 71-year-old grandfather was filed a lawsuit by the RIAA for the distribution and downloading of files on the server that not he, but his grandsons executed on his computer. The grandfather doesn’t use Kazaa at all, and may not have even known clearly what it is, but he is being targeted simply because the files that were found are technically his. st has been updated to over 911 users. The big question is: Is it right for the RIAA to be filing all these lawsuits? Another case is of a 12-year-old girl, Brianna LaHara from New York City
Some topics in this essay:
Clap Hands”,
Class II,
Napster Audiogalaxy,
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Kazaa RIAA,
Morpheus WinMx,
York City,
Professor Usher,
Penn University,
file sharing,
Penn RIAA’s,
music industry,
12-year-old girl,
sharing networks,
kazaa network,
name “usher”,
file sharing networks,
music sales,
riaa file,
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