Paper Details  
 
   

Has Bibliography
3 Pages
733 Words

 
   
   
    Filter Topics  
 
     
   
 

napster

e access to music but has access to a computer. Overplayed songs are the most popular songs on Napster. The songs that reach number one on the charts or are played again and again on the radio seem to be the most downloaded off Napster. This service is great for those who are inopportune with this music. Yes, this system may seem unfair to those artists creating and trying to make a living off their music but is it not selfish to share the music with those unable to purchase their albums.Metallica is one band involved in all this controversy against Napster. The band Metallica has delivered the names of 335,000 people it accuses of music piracy to the online company it says aided the theft. How is it this band that is selfish and upset because they are not getting paid for the sharing of their music, can report over three hundred thousand people who had no idea it was a “form” of stealing. Stealing is a hard word to use in this case. There is a huge difference between sharing and stealing. Lars Ulrich is the drummer of Metallica and the one who is behind all the controversy. Ulrich suggested the music traders were cowards, using high technology for low-down theft even as some fans broke their Metallica CDs and others waved anti-recording industry banners outside Napster headquarters. “If they want to steal Metallica’s music, instead of hiding behind their computers in their bedrooms and dorm rooms, then just go down to Tower Records and grab them off the shelves,” Ulrich said. Technologies that preceded Napster, such as radio, television and photocopy machines all permitted new methods of copyright infringement. But courts allowed them to flourish because legitimate uses were possible. "Only when the technology is not capable of legitimate uses does it make sense to outlaw it," wrote the professors from schools such as New York University, Georgetown University and Boston College. Spreading music to the de...

< Prev Page 2 of 3 Next >

    More on napster...

    Loading...
 
Copyright © 1999 - 2024 CollegeTermPapers.com. All Rights Reserved. DMCA