Word: napstering
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Peer-to-peer networks have been the subject of controversy since Napster appeared on the scene several years ago. Record companies are fighting to protect their intellectual properties - the source of artists' livelihoods - while at the same time, the technology for downloading music is advancing faster and faster. The conflict reached a peak recently when the Recording Industry Association of America's lawsuit targets included a 12-year-old girl who had downloaded several songs from the KaZaA media network. What do you think? How can the industry protect its copyrighted material, while still adapting to changing technology...
...would understand why they had you arrested - why be surprised when they sue you to reclaim the money you steal by downloading? Parents should be responsible because they did not teach their kids that stealing is wrong. They may not have known that downloading was stealing back when Napster first started, but anyone who did not know this since then is criminally ignorant and is fair game. D.A. Spiz Tustin, Calif...
...RIAA must do what it would not do with Napster: distribute low price music online. And they know perfectly well that, even if lawsuits could stop the sharing, people would never go back to buying CD's. They are just trying to buy two or three years in which to keep milking the high price CD cow, before giving it up. But even this limited attempt is going to fail. Alberto Rezza Italy...
...record industry needed to strike a deal with Napster to co-opt its user base into a high quality pay-for-play service. Now that they have forced the users into a plethora of decentralized services, there is no good solution left. The recording industry will now continue to hemmorhage money for quite some time. James Sweet Rochester...
...Quite simply, they can stop trying so hard. Ever since the Napster debacle, I've tried my best to steer clear of purchasing music owned by RIAA member corporations. Not only have I discovered great bands from a large number of independent labels (and yes, bought their CDs), but I've avoided putting money into the pockets of an organization that refuses to work with programmers to build a practical solution, and instead insists on using counterproductive bully tactics. J.T. Stanton II Fairfax...