Napster
Napster, or file sharing, has taken the computer and recording industry by storm. The process of “sharing” music files over the Internet is not actually stealing copyrighted music, but the artists are getting upset with Napster because they feel that it is decreasing their profits. The music industry needs to find out how to profit from file sharing. Napster allows people to share their music with the world through their computers. So in theory, file sharing should destroy record sales. However, that is not the case at all. During last year alone records have skyrocketed; ‘N Sync sold 2.41 million copies, Eminem 1.76, Britney Spears 1.32 all in the first week of sales. Limp Bizkit also over a million copies in the first week of sales. This was the first year that 4 artists have sold over 1 million copies during the first week of sales (Graham). Why aren’t the record sales at an all time low? Shouldn’t Napster be killing records sales? The simple answer is that no, fil!e sharing actually helps to sell more music. Napster doesn’t violate any copyright laws and doesn‘t hurt the business of the music industry, CD burners do. The solution to the problem of people sharing music files is not to outlaw Napster, but to
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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