Word: downloading
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Noticed something weird about your computer lately? Maybe you see yourself uploading files with names like “Porno Screensaver.scr” on Kazaa even though you didn’t download anything of the sort. Maybe your antivirus software doesn’t load anymore, or your computer beeps randomly. Or maybe your hard drive has been constantly running ever since you downloaded that attached message from the “Harvard.edu Team...
...Prince is doing a happy dance that would make Snoopy look like a depressive. In the past two months, he has opened the Grammy Awards with Beyonce Knowles, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, launched a sold-out arena tour, opened an iTunes-ish music-download store to go along with his successful, subscription-based NPG Music Club and released Musicology, his best album...
...clearly not enough, at least not for Prince. Why else would he have launched his Musicology download store, an iTunes rip-off that makes his music available to the agnostic, non-NPG fan for 99 a song? Why would he be touring with the come-on--aimed at all those slow-dancing Purple Rain thirtysomethings--that this may be the last time he will play the hits? Why would he have released Musicology both on his website and in record stores (on April 20) through a distribution deal with megacorp Sony...
Harvard, like many universities, has been under pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to crack down on students who use their network connection to download music. Last April, then-Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 announced that the College would unplug the connection of any users caught sharing copyrighted songs...
...course lots and lots of people download music when it’s free. At the price of 0, demand is really huge. But if people have to pay $18, then they won’t demand as much,” Oberholzer-Gee said. “So thinking that every download that takes place is a lost sale is a very implausible worst-case scenario...