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...Napster fans' resentment over the ruling runs far deeper than the mere restriction of fair computer use--it concerns the proper role of copyright. The fundamental principle behind copyright law is to protect the rights of individuals to control the copying and distribution of their creative works. For artists in the music industry, copyrights protect the songs that they write and perform and allow them to earn a living as musicians. Thus, when a person buys a CD or a tape, part of the proceeds go to the artist who originally recorded the songs. This intended purpose of a copyright...
...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...
While the salivating ears of millions of college students wait, their darling Napster is locked in battle with the monolithic U.S. government. Napster, the largest online file-sharing service, is battling for its very existence, accused of facilitating copyright infringement on a grand scale. And boy, are the record companies pissed. But, interestingly, they are not as hotheaded and downright angry as the Napster regulars...
...seems that most Napster purveyors are the amoral type, those who do not really think about the moral consequences of duplicating copyrighted material and just want to soak in the bone-rattling bass and adequate mechanized drumming of the latest Top 20 hit. But the harder-core users of Napster, the real "music lovers," those who know the difference between the Waters (Roger and Muddy), are faced with a moral dilemma. These die-harders are forced to realize that their file-sharing has decreased the demand for their pet artists, and is financially hurting those they love. This smaller, more...