In his freshman year at Northeast University, he attempted to enter computer courses higher than entry level. He was not allowed to enter these courses so in his spare time, he began writing a program based on the Windows operating system. He started spending a lot of time in chat rooms with professional, experienced programmers who knew the trade.

Shaun's roommate had a passion for MP3's, which are computer audio files. He loved using the files but hated the time and trouble it took to find them. Shaun decided he would write the Beta, which is a primary program, for what he called Napster. He had a vision of all users being connected to one central computer and a song list that would be constantly updated. After writing a small version, he gave it to his friends and family to try. Everyone was excited about the results

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Napster will probably be in and out of courtrooms for the rest of its existence. As long as there are artists not being paid everything owed to them and as long as there are people who simply want to find a fun relaxing way to use our twenty first century technology, there will be arguments about how legal it really is. More programs with many different purposes will probably be produced by people with the same genius as Shaun and even if Napster does get closed, I'm sure someone else will create a program to take its place. Napster has taken the search out of getting great music for everyone and has taken it a step forward by offering at no charge to the consumer. Hopefully, Napster will become a computer company and expand out of just MP3's to all different branches of computer software and hardware. They are truly a model for what tomorrow's computer companies will look like, but it is already amongst us today.

The Fifth Amendment states, in part, that no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. Shaun Fanning created Napster with his own creative genius and no intent to infringe on artists' rights. Technically, our government has the right to shut down Napster and its productions because it serves as a base for music piracy. However, the statement that, "no one shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law," backs up Napsters sides of the argument as well. The RIAA is trying to take away Shaun's full rights to Napster. Federa

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