Stop Stealing Songs

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Have you dreamed that you could get your favorite artist?fs songs such as Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, and Beatles without any payment? The dream has come true: Napster, an online music sharing soft. It enables its users to download music files through the Internet, which means that as long as one music lover has a computer and connection to the Internet, the music lover can get popular songs, classical music, and even national anthems. One CD costs about fifteen dollars, but Napster does not require its users to pay because the users are just borrowing and lending their music files with each other. This is just like a dream. I do not even know how much money I have spent to listen to my favorite musicians.

The dream, Napster, has attracted over eighty millions of music fans all over the world since it was made in 1999, according to USA Today. Unfortunately it has also caught music companies?f attention and Napster was sued. The battle between the music companies and Napster, which pretends to be a messiah for music fans who complain about CD prices or just want songs free, were likely to be the lose of Napster and, in fact, it was. The Supreme Court ordered Napster to limit its service and the limitation of the service has

Graham, Jefferson. ?gDespite Troubles, There?fs Still Hopes for Napster.?h USA Today. May 23, 2001.

The final reason that Napster should stop its service is that they can destroy the future of the online distribution of music and movies. The Internet is so convenient that it enables customers to purchase books, clothes, and even cars while they are in their home. The only one problem that the online shopping has is that it is basically not so different from catalog shopping, offering many kinds of products such as clothes, furniture, and electrical appliances, which means it requires some way of delivery. On the contrary, online music and movies distribution does not. I am one of those who want life to be more convenient. I am one of those who like music and think it is better to get songs through the Internet for the matter of time spent to go to shops to purchase CDs. However, the way to get songs should not be Napster. The reason has been stated. It is violating the copyrights. If Napster is not banned, who wants to sell songs or movies through Internet? If they sell music and movies on Internet, the result will be obvious: piracy. Consequently, no one will be ready to distribute music and movies online, which will be possibly a new way of selling those kinds of entertainment contents. The users of Napster and Napster itself do not care about it. They are stealing songs and destroying the future of the online entertainment thorough their selfish desire.

The second problem that Napster has is that it does not pay musicians. Making music and selling it is the way to make a living of the musicians, so if all the music funs did not purchase CD?fs, how the musicians can feed themselves? It is not only the case of the musicians. It is applied for all jobs, shopkeepers, factory workers, and engineers. Paying for those who worked to make something or serve customers is an essential part of the economy, including the workers?f lives and even others?f life. If making something and working did not let work

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