... 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 units. This was because of Napster. Billy Joe Armstrong from the band ... was about getting people to hear our music." Sound Scan also says that Napster i...

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... . To save time they wanted to create a single place on the Internet where they could store all of their information. This was much easier than to physically go and borrow a CD or tape and then manually record it. It made obtaining all of their music more practical and even more so only a few mouse clicks away. This seemed harmless at first ... concept and there are always acceptations to this rule. In this particular case the artists are definitely being harmed. I believe that if a particular artist wishes to make a specific song or CD available to their fans via Internet download then t...

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... jukebox. The Apple iTunes Music Store, which charges 99 cents per download, has shown it can be done. But an industry that made the transition from vinyl to tape to CD seems flummoxed by cyberspace -- potentially the most lucrative medium yet, because it requires no manufactured material. People who want to do the right thing -- make sure artists are paid -- certainly ... hope for a cyber-solution. Somewhere between spending $13-plus per CD, when you want only one song, and worrying that the industry will sue you for sampling and swapping, the answer should be found online -- not in cou...

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... , why not, right?And what I have mentioned above was exactly my turning crisis into chances point is.Or if they don't like it that way, maybe they could lower the CD prices.So many people have complained about how overprice the CDs are and they don't get good quality ones.Some of the artist only have one really good song out ... have just spent 500 baht for one good song? I don't think so.Besides, maybe if they charged a reasonable price there would be a little demand for Napster.So I think lower the CD price might be one of the choice.And as I have said earlier that the record industry ...

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... . They are the international organization responsible for global copyright protection and enforcement. The basically fight overseas piracy by encouraging governments to identify and warn infringers. The IFPI mainly targets illegal CD manufacturing plants and develops automated anti-piracy technologies for the Internet. As with the RIAA, the IFPI also engages in litigation against violations. The consumer-sponsored mp3.com is a good ... ...

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