Napster
Napster was developed in June of 1999, it was said to be the wave of the future. But really it was just a law suit waiting to happen. The R.I.A.A. is suing Napster claiming their website and fanning program are facilitating the theft of what the artist say is their intellectual property. But yet the A.H.R.A. does not protect copywriting done on computers. Napster argues that non-commercial recording is personal even if it is done simultaneously by thousands of users a day. But Napster must convince the courts that the trading was non-commercial. My opinion is that Napster should stay open for the following reasons, because CD sales increased, the law, and the deals that Napster has proposed to the major record labels and independent labels. One of the reasons that Napster should stay open is because of CD sale increase. According to Sound Scan CD sales jumped 8% from the year before, to 177 million un
The third reason I think Napster should stay open is because of the major deals that Napster has proposed to the major record labels and independent artists. Napster offered three deals in the course of two years to Rockefeller records, Sony, etc. The first offer Napster offered 1 billion dollars though the record industry, but got turned down. The second offer was to pay 1 billion dollars and 200 billion dollars a year to record companies. The deal was still not accepted. The last offer that Napster has made to the record labels was to launch a new service by July of 2001, requiring users to pay a monthly fee for downloads of music and MP3’s. The free would depend on how many songs you download. This deal was also turned down by the record labels. My conclusion to this essay is a simple one. I believe that Napster is just like a plain old radio. The radio or Napster website is a way for people to experience new music
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