I wrote this for my online class. Just wanted to share with you my thoughts on music downloading and file sharing. Yes to piracy!
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For music buffs, gone were the days when they had to lug boom boxes, walkmans and even portable cd players. Thanks to digital music in the MP3 format, music has become handier, and for download junkies, practically free of charge.
When you talk about music downloading, it is almost impossible not to think of Napster and how it revolutionized peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. Napster today functions as a site where members who pay a certain fee are able to search and download windows media audio files directly from its server. As copyrighted materials, the user basically pays royalties to the artists once you purchase these MP3s, much like when you buy CDs. But Napster once fueled a great debate because of its file sharing service.
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