... and mix their recordings. Sound bytes can be found online and manipulated to the artist's liking. Manufacturers of software offer thousands of downloads to get the song to the right level of perfection. With a click of a button, individual sound patches are downloaded, installed to the programs being used and then ... is created, MP3s can be uploaded and heard from anyone that has access to your MySpace, even anonymous people. If a MySpace owner likes a song, it can easily be placed as their "profile song." MySpace offers a service called SNOCAP that lets artists upload their tracks to a...

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... in the name of the artist and you will get a list of songs by them. Or you can type in the name of a particular song and find what you want that way. Once you have found your song you will select the file you desire out of all the listed and you begin to download it. The transfer process then begins and ... finally when it is done you have a complete song stored on your computer in MP3 format, which you can now burn onto a CD if you wish. According to the Recording Industry Associates of America this is illegal an illegal ... under the Supreme Courts criteria. Napster itself had just r...

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... cassette "only a few times." • 26% of music downloaders say they have "never" bought a CD or cassette of the music they have captured online. A jukebox of favorites more than a new-song sampler Most music downloaders enjoy familiar artists and favorite songs. But about onethird of them use the Web to sample new artists, as well. • 86% of music downloaders have ... The file-sharing program Napster is enormously popular with music downloaders. More than half of them have used the software to locate and download tunes. And, despite the relatively small song catalogs on many music downl...

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... and with major companies to promote and sponsor their music. Grammy winning artist Mary J. Blidge teamed up recently with Reebok to promote her new single, Love at First Sight. Her song would be played in Foot Locker across the United States. Reebok would also sponsor a clothling line as well as her tour in 2004. Other artist having the same financial impact ... been away to be increase revenues and establish prominent airplay on the radio. European artist, Dirty Vegas, used the Mitsubishi car commercial to catapult their song "Days Gone By" to go platinum in United States. Every song o...

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... about it" (3). For those with a social stigma (i.e., Gay, AIDS, drug/alcohol addictions), a virtual community such as soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi is a "life-line that affirms their personal struggles" (Song 4). Besides a feeling of belonging, people also get comfort and advice thru belonging to a virtual community. Relationships in on-line communities may also turn into off-line lasting relationships. The "capacity ... feeling of being anonymous and the fact that people can't easily discern the emotion that they may be feeling since their facial expressions and body language can't be...

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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. --Victor Hugo Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought. --E.Y. Harbug Different technologies have affected every single aspect of modern life. The field of music alone has grown by been leaps and bounds with new inventions ... than businesses have to be, so individuals make all sorts of copyrighted songs available to the world from their personal machines. This means that anyone can download, for free, any song that someone has taken the time to enco...

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... . Also, if they would charge a membership fee to the websites where the free music is found, the artists could get a portion of it. Another idea would be to charge per song. This way people could just get the songs they want. They would not have to buy an entire CD to just get one ... song. So, should it be illegal to download music off the internet? I really do not think it should be. Getting free music introduces people to new artists. Then the artists will ... ...

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... internet users. Copyright is a law that protects published and unpublished literary, scientific and artistic work or anything that is tangible or material form (what is copyright.org n.page). Anything from a song, book, and computer programs that a person creates is protected by copyright. Copyrights exist to clearly identify the creator of a work. It gives the creator the exclusive rights to do whatever ... word. The four university student that ran Napster were sue and agreed to pay $ 2,000 to $ 17,000, although the trade group had originally sought up to $ 150,000 per song. The RIAA ...

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... way of gathering resources, I am normally bombarded with flashy ads and annoying pop ups. My e-mail and other social media apps are notifying me in the background with their siren song of distraction. Therein lies the give and take with internet researching. All the information you could ever want, but just enough distractions to slow the process and break your concentration ... ...

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... (physical, mental or verbal). Four out of the top five movies in 2002 have strong violent content (We were Soldiers, Blade II, Spiderman, Red Dragon). Music hits from the singer/song writer Eminem are exploding the charts everywhere. In his album you would be lucky to find fifty words in a row without swearing, discrimination, racial slurs, sexuality, and rude comments about ... ...

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... of copying CDs there is software that lets anybody convert CD audio into a low space format mat called MP3 (Mpeg 3 layer), and can use the same program to play the song with out the CD. With this capability you can trade, sell, and even just give away the music with out the artist getting one penny of royalty. Some CD manufactures ... ...

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... of copying CDs there is software that lets anybody convert CD audio into a low space format mat called MP3 (Mpeg 3 layer), and can use the same program to play the song with out the CD. With this capability you can trade, sell, and even just give away the music with out the artist getting one penny of royalty. Some CD manufactures ... ...

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... advanced. They had become much more comprehensive than in the past. Compared to the past, the Medias that I used were totally different. Mp3 player, an electronic music gadget that used song files that was encoded in Mp3 format, was virtually unknown six years ago, but now it's lying around anywhere in the world and it's popular among the young and old ... ...

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... music and neither does millions of people. However, soon I will switch to an online music store because their prices are considered to be in my pricing range. Paying a dollar for a song is better than paying 20 dollars for a new music album. I also realize many composers of songs and music company workers are losing their jobs or not getting paid enough. I believe ... ...

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... do things on the web that can not even be imagined today (Gelernter, 202). We have barely begun to tap the web for its possibilities. One can find their favorite song and download it or check the traffic when they're in Seattle. One can see when the movies are playing at the local theater, trade stocks, and get weather forecasts ... ...

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... conventional radio, a real DJ is on the air that actually picks some or all of the songs he or she played. The listeners can phone in and request their favorite song. Many of the requests that people phone in with conventional radio ever get played on the air. Some people are shifting to internet radio where they can hear only their ... ...

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... million users from downloading music from the internet, they are going to need a lot more than scare tactics. Also, record companies are being ridiculed for suing for $ 150,000 per song. Does the punishment fit the crime? So far I've given you facts about the ridiculous amounts of money that the RIAA is suing for and the websites and people they ... ...

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