Word: napstering
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...effort to cut down on the overwhelming traffic created by Napster and other file-sharing software, Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) announced three weeks ago that it would limit outbound network traffic to only a fraction of the total bandwidth. Although this temporary measure is intended only to prevent outside users from connecting to computers on the Harvard network, it has now become clear that the restriction is interfering with legitimate student use of the network. Although we support HASCS in its attempt to make sure that a functioning network is available to students, the current problems would...
...unusable connections. The problem lies with the HASCS filtering software. It recognizes and gives precedence to certain types of traffic--types normally generated by e-mail programs or web browsers--but places restrictions on other traffic, failing to distinguish between a student's use of Dialpad and an outside Napster request for a song stored on a student's computer...
Over the weekend, the popular music-sharing Internet site Napster started blocking its users from...
...Napster announced its plan to limit user access on Friday in federal court, where attorneys for both Napster and the recording industry were presenting oral arguments before U.S. District Judge Marilyn H. Patel. Patel is in the process of redrafting the injunction that will shut down Napster indefinitely, pending the outcome of its trial against the recording industry...
...Well, the music labels are already going ahead with development of their own online music services, which is another reason they had no interest in meeting Napster halfway. Whether those will ever be able to compete with free file-sharing, it's hard to say. There's a certain appeal to physically owning a CD, with the liner notes and everything, and of course there's the appeal of something that's free. Paying for online music might be the worst of both worlds...