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...prosecution in Norway, at the 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...
Like a master of puppets pulling the strings of the legal system, heavy metal band Metallica filed suit April 14 against three universities and Napster.com, accusing the universities of enabling students to access Napster's service and illegally copy music files. Although copying protected music is clearly illegal, holding Napster and the universities responsible for the conduct of individual students would set a dangerous precedent for the restriction of students' online freedoms...
...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...
...artistic pride of the band that produced "Kill 'Em All" gives no strength to a lawsuit that should fail on the merits. The suit, which was filed by Metallica, E/M Ventures and Creeping Death Music, claims that by failing to block student access to the Napster servers, Yale University, Indiana University and the University of Southern California violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. Such a claim should not be allowed to stand. Although the majority of MP3 files are illegal copies of protected music, online distribution of free music is growing, and there are few channels...
...Napster is merely an expression of the overwhelming feeling among music listeners that they are not about to spend $17 on a CD by an artist who will be forgotten in a month. If the recording industry wants to slow down the MP3 craze, it needs to start by revitalizing the music industry and not loading the CDs with "filler" songs. SCOTT MCDOWELL Sugar Land, Texas...