Word: napstering
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...Napster, Dialpad.com and Internet video games are among several types of popular applications that have been negatively affected in the last two weeks, since Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) initiated new policies to limit traffic on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) network...
...words" wait with the likes of Napster uploads and other non-priority traffic. They are eventually sent out by the network, but such delays make Internet conversations virtually impossible...
...court did require Napster to remove any songs copyrighted by recording companies. This is a tall order, given that Napster users name their own files and that "MysteriousWays.mp3" could be anything from U2 to static to uncopyrighted German techno. A poorly structured injunction could mean that Napster will be forced to shut down its service, unable to bear the costs of compliance...
...imposing these costs, both the trial court and the Ninth Circuit neglected to address what was Napster's most serious argument--that publishing a directory is a protected act of speech. Copyright laws and the First Amendment often seem to conflict--publishing a book or recording a song are expressive acts --but their conflicts are normally addressed by "fair use" exemptions, which allow for portions of copyrighted works to be quoted or commented on. Downloading copyrighted music is not fair use, and so the Napster courts saw no need to address Napster's other First Amendment concerns...
...society makes a distinction between speech and act, and for good reason. Whether Napster itself survives is of concern only to the company's employees and investors. But using the costs of compliance as a weapon against search engines --punishing the providers of information for its misuse--will only limit our access to information and should concern everyone...