Napster

Napster There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but due to open peer to peer architecture music is. In 1998 a group of college students launched this innovative Napster technology. Since then the software has generated great controversy within the music industry due to alleged copyright infringement. However, the music industry has failed to see Napster’s potential as a valuable tool in helping them where previously they had been unsuccessful. The purpose of this program was to give everyone a chance to listen to music without paying. Napster is a program that allow a user to download various mp3s from other users on the Napster Network. An Mp3 is a song, in C.D. quality, which has become easily accessible through programs like Napster. Napster has become so famous for all of the copyright laws it breaks and an alternative to buying the artist’s CD. There is no longer a need to buy CD’s. Many who own CD Burners simply download their favorite MP3’s and make their own music CD’s. Despite this fact, Napster actually benefits artists and record labels in many other ways. It distributes all different types of music, napster, music, artists, people, out, cd, download, ways, simply, record, program, own, free, copyright, benefits, user, tool, song, peer, one, money, millions, lunch, laws, labels, industry, great, gets, favorite, famous, due, concerts, chance, cd’s, buying