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...Even if [Napster] shuts down, there will always be other places to download music," said Ben G. Hanley...
According to HASCS, the firewall is a content-neutral filter in the interests of limited bandwidth. But in reality, it implicitly suggests that certain types of network usage are somehow "less important" that others. For example, a firewall would allow a student to download the trailer for Star Wars: Episode II, but not allow that student to share the same file with others. But, for the larger online Star Wars community, both actions are equally important. A more "academic" example might be open-source software, which depends on a unique kind of active, community-wide participation. A firewall, however, adopts...
...system is a response to burgeoning demands on the FAS network primarily attributed to Napster users outside of Harvard, who download songs from Harvard napster users...
...access to the Internet spreads, it may soon be possible to download copyrighted music directly from the artists, paying in advance for the service, and to bypass the middlemen of the recording industry. The recording industry, which would lose much of its revenue in such a system, should not be able to block entrepreneurs from entering the market and attempting to create these alternate distribution channels. Unfortunately, it seems that the Napster ruling--by placing impossible demands on online distributors--may help prevent these new channels from emerging...
Admittedly, many students are upset by the prospect of losing the ability to download any song they like, anytime they want, for free. We recognize that artists have a legitimate claim to receive compensation for their work. However, the death of Napster will neither stop the trade of copyrighted works over the Internet nor provide artists with the compensation they deserve. Artists and the public would be better served by a new means of online music distribution that directly connects consumers to creators. But given the Ninth Circuit's ruling, that prospect seems exceedingly bleak...