No one thought that someone like Shawn Fanning could harness the power of the Internet into a simple, yet effective program that could link millions of people together. Fanning got the idea of Napster

from his friends complaining how hard it is to get music on the Internet because any links that were on websites were just dead ends (Taro). Ever since music has been recorded, people have shared their music with other people. In the 1980s, tapes were recorded and shared among people. It was perfectly legal to buy a tape from a record company, and then produce a copy of it and share it amongst friends. Today, there is a new a way to share music. Engineering firm Fraunhofer IIS in 1987 developed computer files called MP3s, short for ISO-MPEG Audio Layer-3. These files are much smaller than standard files from a music CD. Because of their small size, MP3s can be easily transferred over the Internet from one computer to another. Instead of tapes being copied and shared, MP3s are now copied and shared. Because of the invention of MP3s, music is copied and shared on a much grander scale than tapes, because the Internet allows millions of people to share their music. MP3s, at first, were available on unstable servers that were neither efficient nor fast. In the early 1990s, because of their fast Internet connections, college students were the only people able to download MP3s from web-based servers. In creating Napster, Shawn Fanning implemented a new form of sharing called peer-to-peer sharing, otherwise known as P2P. This kind of sharing eliminates the middleman between computer users, and it allows for a direct connection between people sharing their music (Taro-2). As a result, Fanning not only changed, but also revolutionized the music industry. People now have the greatest access to music than ever. People are entitled to share their music over the Internet, and they should be allowed to share their music with other computer users. Music is like any other form of information that is shared over the Internet. Therefore, people have the right to share their music.

In response to the RIAA’s claim that Napster, and other search engines, that sharing music over the Internet hinders music sales and advertisement of artists. But in actuality, music sales have increased significantly because of Napster. Therefore, the RIAA cannot condemn Napster for stealing music away from the sales of the artists. In addition to increasing music sales, Napster has also provided advertisement for music artists, because people preview songs from other people via

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