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...following stories illustrate, the Internet—by protecting online users through anonymity and distance—can encourage behaviors and actions far more “deviant” and consequential than simply downloading an MP3. Just ask the sophomores who repeatedly had cybersex with each other prior to their first year or the junior who confirmed his homosexuality when he lost his virginity to a local veterinarian he met on America Online, years before acknowledging it to family or friends. From plagiarism to pornography, from sexual identification to sexual degeneration, Harvard is plugged...
...moguls might ask their colleagues in the music biz for a few pointers on this. For the past three years, record companies have been trying to turn back the rising tide of online music trafficking. Napster, the pioneering Web service that allowed computer users to share their libraries of MP3 tunes, lost a high-profile court case against the big record labels in 2001 and is all but out of operation. But similar services have emerged, and many think a decline in CD sales in the U.S. last year?the first in 15 years?was a direct result...
...hands on some licenses before it launches, the struggling service shows more promise than its record-label rivals. True, most songs are in the protected .nap format, which means you can't burn them onto a CD. But there are a few independent labels that let Napster offer MP3 files that are yours for life. It is hoped more labels will follow suit...
...course, every song from those kids on the street corner is a play-anywhere, burn-anytime MP3. The big guys may promise more with their secure and speedy downloads, but I'm not switching until I get a file I can keep for, say, a buck a pop. Locking up your mediocre collection is no way to run a music store...
...high-speed mobile data transmission, so-called 3G networks. The company became the first in the world to offer full-fledged commercial 3G service last fall when it unveiled its FOMA (Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access) system, a network so advanced it allows phones to download data-intensive graphics, MP3 music files and even to transmit video. But consumer acceptance has failed to match launch-day hype. Third-generation handsets cost three to five times as much as conventional phones. They are clunky, glitch-prone and have a relatively short battery life. Coverage is absent in all but three major...