Word: napstering
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...soul will have its day, with Erykah Badu making a welcome return and Sade making a welcome and long-awaited one. As for hip-hop, the Atlanta-based duo Outkast, jazz rapper Guru and rap rocker Everlast are ones to watch. With so much to choose from, Napster never had it so good...
...District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan thought so. He wrote, in an occasionally impassioned 93-page ruling, that "the excitement of ready access to untold quantities of information has blurred in some minds the fact that taking what is not yours and not freely offered to you is stealing." Napster, are you listening...
...support the recording industry's fight to control the rights to its intellectual property by taking legal action against Napster. I absolutely disagree with those who say it is within their rights to "share" pirated music. The material that the recording organizations have copyrighted is their property, and no one else should be able to materially benefit from it for free. PATRICK A. DOWNES Boston...
...likely I've purchased fewer CDs as a result of using Napster. When I see Metallica and other bands speak proudly and boastfully of a lifestyle lived in gorgeous mansions, driving fast cars and steeped in drugs and alcohol, do I ever feel even a slight twinge of guilt for downloading music for free? No chance. RYAN M. TIERNEY Indianapolis...
READY, AIM...FILE! America Online saw its ubiquitous AOL Instant Messenger software (AIM for short) hijacked last week by a new and fiendishly clever program called Aimster. Aimster takes AIM's popular buddy-list feature and adds a file-swapping function a la the controversial Napster. To date, AOL has made no move against Aimster, but it's clear that the would-be future parent of Warner Music (and of TIME) will have some tough choices ahead. Aimster is available at www.aimster.com at least...