Essays Tagged: "Napster"
History of peer-to-peer file sharing. Technology to prevent it, and the future of it.
Peer-To-Peer File SharingThe rise and fall of Napster in the late 90's brought file sharing over the Internet, and peer-to-peer technology, to the ... brought file sharing over the Internet, and peer-to-peer technology, to the attention of the world. Napster's demise led to the creation of companies such as KaZaA, Morpheus, and Audio Galaxy, whom al ... ion of companies such as KaZaA, Morpheus, and Audio Galaxy, whom all learned a valuable lesson from Napster. Avoid copyright infringement and elude record companies. So far they have been pretty succe ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Napster Alternatives
Napster is the leader in Internet companies. Napster is a software program that allows registered u ... tered users to download and upload music over the Internet, free of cost. Over the past few years, Napster has been the target of criticism, disapproval and lawsuits. It has been one of the most talk ... ne of the most talked about controversies amongst the music industry.Since practically its birth Napster has been harassed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). RIAA claims that ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
Plagiarism research paper- copyright laws.
customers, were able to download their music on the internet for free. They filed a lawsuit against Napster in the US District Court, Central District of California, Circuit 9, alleging that the compa ... ghted songs through its servers. According to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, the suit accused Napster of: copyright infringements, unlawful usage of digital audio interface device, and the viola ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Essay in support of music piracy.
y intention of paying for it. It all began about three years ago when a file sharing program called Napster came along. Napster has given us the chance to listen and appreciate artists we would never ... ppreciate artists we would never have listened to before. We have then purchased their CDs. Simply, Napster has benefited us and the artists. Napster provided a model that could be used by up and comi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Napster:Explained. In this report i explain exactly what napster is and how it has changed the file sharing industry.
ege student created a computer program that would change the world. This computer program is called Napster, and it has been terrorizing the music industry since it's conception in August of 1999. Nap ... eption in August of 1999. Napster is an internet program used to download mainly copyrighted songs. Napster calls it trading, but the record companies and artists call it stealing.Before the creat ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Downloading music. Persuasive essay that agrees downloading music is right and shouldn't be restricted.
In 1999, an 18-year-old college drop out named Shawn Fanning invented the program that was Napster. Almost instantaneously upon its release its popularity grew, making the small building loca ... mall building located in Redwood City, California an instant controversial interest across America. Napster was an Internet based program that allowed users share and download media files for free. Si ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Discussion of Internet File-Sharing
tribution of materials such as music, videos and software through data-based means.Programs such as Napster and Kazaa, are ridiculed for illegally giving away music and other digitized items. The conf ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Sharing is Caring
nto a smaller size that can be easily transmitted over the internet. The revolutionary beginning of Napster, a program that uses a P2P network and allows consumers to share MP3 files amongst each othe ... , heavy metal rock band Metallica and rapper Dr. Dre were the first in a long line of people to sue Napster for sharing their music without their approval. Overall, the music industry believes that th ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics
R. I. A. A. stands for Ruthless Ignorant and Avaricious. An expository essay on the music business and what threatens it.
Do you remember when Napster was shut down on grounds of copyright infringement? Or when flocks of college students were ... ime Warner, & BMG. The R. I. A. A. has been prosecuting offenders of their copyright laws since Napster was shut down, and they have yet to figure out why people still illegally download music. If ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media
Let Us Share and Burn- this is a 675 word essay that disscuss why the music industrie should let us burn our own cd's.
the risk of invading personal privacy. Four years ago, they tried to stop this downloading by suing Napster - the first major music sharing business. As everyone knows, the industry won. Even though t ... he first major music sharing business. As everyone knows, the industry won. Even though they killed Napster, they did not kill the practice because immediately other sites popped up and it became even ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Napter Business Ethics
The question posed "Is downloading songs off of Napster morally acceptable?" I am assuming this is not a question of Napster's ethics but my own. ... right infringement" until now. Through considerable research and the recommended reading, I learned Napster's ultimate goal was to "build new ways for artists and their fans to connect, " and to give ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Pirates Of the Caribbean movie review
es we've been hearing so much about in the news lately. These high seas hackers have never heard of Napster (however, rumor has it that Johnny Depp did draw upon musical inspiration for his pirate per ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Napster Internal External Factors
Napster has extensive content agreements with the five major record labels, as well as hundreds of i ... xtensive content agreements with the five major record labels, as well as hundreds of independents. Napster delivers access to the largest catalog of online music, with more than 700,000 tracks spanni ... log of online music, with more than 700,000 tracks spanning all genres from Eminem to Miles Davis. Napster is a division of Roxio, Inc., (Nasdaq: ROXI), the Digital Media Company, and provider of the ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Position Essay: Should Downloading Music Be Legal?
recording industry is shooting itself in the foot by eliminating file sharing programs.The rise of Napster and the peer to peer (p2p) file sharing programs enable people all over the world to share m ... sharing networks is the stupidest thing they could do. Furthermore, with all this hype about suing Napster and other such program manufacturers, the RIAA is denying the public from receiving factual ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
UMG Recordings vs. MP3.com
.COM, INC.92 F.Supp.2d 349 (S.D.N.Y., 2000)UMG Recordings is suing MP3.com, which is a site similar Napster that allows users to download songs when they are logged on to their site. The technology kn ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Write a report on the differences between a network such as Napster and a "pure" P2P network such as Gnutella or any of its clones. Include the advantages and disadvantages of each technology.
to share what they want, especially music and photo. Therefore, I have already some information of Napster and Gnutella for comparing the differences of both functions. Furthermore, this report is go ... ternet, from one computer to another computer, it can be your neighbors or half around of the world.NapsterThe most popular of sharing protocol is Napster which constructed by Shawn Fanning and Sean P ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Internet and networking
Are You Downloading or Freeloading?
There are those that believe there is nothing wrong with downloading music from Napster and there are those who believe that it is wrong. I personally believe that it is wrong and ... . It is their intellectual property and copying it without their permission can be illegal (Meyer). Napster infringes on the intellectual property rights of musicians and their record labels. The Copy ... allows you to make your own copies, as long as you have bought the original copy. With these laws, Napster has been accused of copyright infringement. Napster claims to be free of any illegal activit ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Online Piracy; the Economic Effects of the Music Industry
songs illegally. The recent phenomenon came about when college students were using a program called Napster to get their music from, but Napster was taken offline due to copyright infringement laws. N ... nt and that music downloader's are stealing music. The law on online piracy was unknown thing until Napster came about then the United States Congress passed what is called The Millennium Digital Act. ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Copyright Laws and regulations issues
he Internet to protect intellectual property. Without more laws and regulations, there will be more Napster imitators in the future. The Internet is a relatively new thing and very unpredictable at th ... continue to be hacked" (Scheschuk 60). The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) accuses Napster of "contributory infringement and vicarious infringement," not of direct copyright violation ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Piracy
the audience knows exactly what she is talking about and who she is referring to, like Lars Ulrich, Napster, and Edgar Broufman the CEO of Seagram.Love starts off by introducing piracy and defining it ... arts off by introducing piracy and defining it. She immediately states that she is not referring to Napster-type software, but major recording label contracts.She uses an anecdote, a fictional story, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues