... known as Napster was released in 1998, and with it came the death of the multimedia industry. Napster allowed the trading of any type of media through the use of servers which it owned and operated. Any user who downloaded the software and logged on(for free of course) could search through the library of anyone else connected. As the revolution ... , but regular middle-class America learned of it quickly as well. When I myself learned about it, I was amazed when I could download any song I had ever heard instantly. Within months Napster servers exploded, at its peak Napster had 300 milli...

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... a lawsuit against Napster in the US District Court, Central District of California, alleging that the company encourages piracy by enabling and allowing its users to trade copyrighted songs through its servers". The lawsuit issued also names the University of Southern California, Yale University, and Indiana University because these institutions have students that have overly contributed to such illegal activity of downloading ... ...

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... was fair use since people were using the songs for personal and not commercial use. Napster also argued that the company itself did not keep copies of MP3's on its servers, but only allowed other to share their MP3's. After more than a year in court Napster lost. Since the Napster case there are literally dozens of Napster clones that currently operate ... ...

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... currently use Kazaa occasionally. Another effective way, available only to America Online subscribers, to download music is to go into America Online private chat rooms. In these rooms, there are servers who have lists of thousands of audio and video files, software, and video games. These files include music CD's that have not even been released to stores yet and movies ... ...

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