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...true that the illegal piracy of copyrighted music has become commonplace in universities across the nation with the introduction of MP3 compression, which can convert an entire compact disc of music into files small enough to be easily transmitted across college networks. Indeed, the problem of overloading networks with music files was the first issue to face universities after the launch of Napster.com: Northwestern University banned use of the service last fall after it began to consume more than 20 percent of the traffic on the campus network...
...point, after organizers set up a sound system, strobe light, and invited a disc jockey to spin tunes, the demonstration attracted about 80 people...
...point, after organizers set up a sound system, strobe light, and invited a disc jockey to spin tunes, the demonstration attracted about 80 people...
...content is illegal." What really bothers Stone and the rest of the biz is the fact that 100% of their content is free--no money for the labels, artists or managers. "Napster is the nail in the coffin if you're in the business of selling digits on a disc," says music-industry consultant Jim Griffin...
...shackles of record contracts; others do it to pander to fans. Last year the artist currently known as The Artist negotiated a record deal that allows him to sell his CD from his own website. Aimee Mann bought back her master tapes from Geffen and is selling her new disc through the e-commerce site artistdirect.com Grateful Dead successors Phish put up free MP3s of some live performances, causing dramatic drop-offs in worker productivity in the San Francisco Bay Area...