... were useful only if they employed links to sound clips so one could sample the music of the artist. The most accurate website I found in my search came from the MSN search engine and was titled "Musical Atlas of Cuba: History."" It became apparent to me that this ... originated in the late 1700's in the eastern mountain range of Cuba named the Sierra Maestra (Rodríguez). A third website I came across was the result of my search on yahoo. From a website named http://www.salsacrazy.com, the information here seems to be written by an organization of salsa dancers who in turn ... I could...

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The main problem is that the music industry fail to stop illegal free download website Obviously those major music companies have been trying to come up with many solutions that they hope it could somehow head off the threat from ... might be one of the choice.And as I have said earlier that the record industry may not win against technology,stopping Napster or any of those free downloading website will ironically do more harm than good, as it would have been much easier to try to work with Napster, than force its users to the untraceable ... the music company wouldn't feel like people are g...

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... explains the punishment if federal law suspects of any copyright infringement activity - up to five years in prison along with a fine of $250,000. On lesser terms, any internet pirate website creates risk of a dangerous virus that can overtake the user's computer. We all have full knowledge that stealing and downloading applications on the internet is wrong and can even be ... ...

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... is out to get all those music pirates. The Electron Frontier Foundation is a great organization. They are fighting and working to protect our rights of swapping files. This organization offers a website with a petition to sign to fight against file sharing. Another issue that comes up in file sharing is the programs that allow us to download music. Such programs are KaZaA ... ...

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... was the first program that allowed internet users to download music and files with a click of the mouse. However, Napster was a company that was said to be profiting from the website, so musicians took a stand and shut Napster down. By that time millions of people had already become used to the idea of free downloads and wanted more. Kazaa was then ... ...

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... it clear that I was really interested in their band and their next show in New York City I was going to be there. He gave me the bands email address and website and told me to let them know if I was going to their next show. It turned out that their next show was only a few months away. So my brother and ... ...

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... . Today, songs have a rhythm and blues, and jazz influence. For example, there is a new artist, Tiziano Ferro, who samples the American sounds of R.Kelly, a rythmn and blues singer. There is a website, "The Italian Jazz Musicians" dedicated to this movement and a magazine called "Jazzit." After the second world war, during the 1950's, a coalition of "lyricists, composers, and performers called Cantacronche ("New Singers ... ...

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... is that some people actually do make their kids wear a leash.) There will always be offensive material that can not be shut out. Even the webmaster of Rotten.com, a sickening website that will show anything offensive, says "Life is sometimes offensive. You have to expect that. The images we find most obscene are those of burning books." (King Par. 25). Censorship ... ...

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... in the news fighting over, basically the same issue. Is sharing music over the Internet legal. After a long drawn out court battle, the record company triumphed over Napster, the music website that was being sued. Napster then had to pay loyalties to the record companies if they wanted to still do business. So now Napster charges users a monthly rate to download ... ...

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... , was approved in 1992. The combination of all these technological advances have made it possible for internet piracy to be born and take place in today's society. The first major website to make huge profits off of MP3 technology was Napster. Napster was founded in May of 1999 by Shawn Fanning. Fanning, a freshman at Northeastern University, began peer-to-peer (P2P ... ...

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