Word: napsterized
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Like its namesake (Lawrence Fishburne's character in The Matrix), Morpheus has appeared almost out of nowhere to lead true believers into a different (and to some, terrifying) world. Here in Morpheus' private matrix, music files are free, easy to find, superfast to download. And unlike its doomed predecessor Napster, Morpheus is likely to escape the long arm of the Agents (a.k.a. music industry lawyers). In other words...
...that Napster has been digitally hobbled, what?s next? Maybe your public library...
...course, that would require working on the honor system, at least at this point in the technological evolution. "And looking at the way the public adapted to Napster," says Adler, "obviously if they can get something desirable for free, without compensating the producer or creator, many people are glad to do that...
...Just as Napster made it easy to get songs without buying a CD, publishers fear a proliferation of downloaded material that can easily be obtained for free. Libraries, meanwhile, are getting nervous about how, exactly, the publishers will try to control the bottom line - will they have to pay extra to maintain rights to materials, instead of buying a book and owning it forever...
...Publishers are willing to put their material on the Net as long as there’s no ‘Napster-effect,’” said Patricia Marriott, Ebrary’s Vice President of Marketing...