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...behest of American movie studios, for releasing a program that helps to play DVD movies on non-Windows computers, but could also theoretically be used to make unauthorized copies of those DVDs. The Recording Industry Association of America is suing to prohibit distribution of Napster, a program for sharing MP3 music files used by hundreds of thousands of mostly young music lovers around the world. And Mattel, a company that makes products only young people use, is bullying their own market, trying to prohibit criticism of the censorware they sell adults to control young people's reading...
...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...
...Napster software allows users to search for and download MP3 files from other users, while at the same time making their own collection universally available. As a result, Napster has been wading through uncharted legal waters since its founding, and has already been sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It is strange that the recording industry has been so averse to the sharing of MP3 files; college students are some of the industry's best customers and it has been argued that listening to MP3 files increases, rather than decreases, students' music purchases...
...Pocket PC is enough to make you drop to your knees and thank heaven for the 21st century. Surfing the Web with text and full-color photos was a joy. Reading and sending e-mail--even with nettlesome attachments--was a snap. Plugging in headphones and listening to MP3 music files while playing solitaire made my morning commute...
Slightly more lighthearted courses will be offered in TalkCity's Learning Center. Topics include "Dying of Embarrassment: Help for the Socially Challenged," "Are We Compatible, Are We Soul Mates?," "What is MP3?" and "How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With...