Downloading songs from the Internet: is it robbery or free expression? A specific look at Napster Inc
Title: Downloading songs from the Internet: is it robbery or free expression?
A specific look at Napster Inc
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 830 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Downloading songs from the Internet: is it robbery or free expression?
A specific look at Napster Inc
Category: /Business & Economy
Details: Words: 830 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Napster software, established in May of 1999, permits Internet users to share and download MP3 files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network. The software downloads a client program from the Napster site and then connects to the network through the software. This allows sharing, uploading and downloading, of MP3 files between all users connected to the network. Napster also lets users to speak to one another by ways of instant messages, chat …showed first 75 words of 830 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 830 total…could be seen as a "try before you buy" application for the music industry not an enemy.
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14 Mar.2001
