... making it possible for anyone to violate them at any time of the day or night which is on of the reasons why music was eventually made ILLEGAL." ---Frank Zappa, liner notes from Joe's Garage, Acts 2&3 (CBS, 1979) The first Amendment to the United States Constitution is as follows: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting ... his idea is refined and tested. Totalitarian systems attempt to maintain themselves in power by the ruthless suppression of any concept, which challenges the established orthodoxy. The power of a democratic system to adapt ...

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... Napster was a gift to me, a place where someone could sample a CD without having to buy it (and I liked Radiohead anyway). I may be the minority, however; I'm really not sure. I like the liner notes and cover art of a formal album, but my brother Matt doesn't care about them one way or another, and his CD collection is mostly burnt CDs. Also, if I burn ... since its inception into sales tracking a decade ago (Ellis). Some might say that this is proof that Napster hurt the industry. But by this time, Napster had implemented a sophisticated filtering system into its software, and it becam...

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