Napster Research Paper

Sean Fanning had no idea of the amount of turmoil that the creation of Napster would cause. Full-length songs were being exchanged in a matter of minutes, and neither the artists nor the record companies were seeing a cent of it. With the widespread popularity of Internet file sharing the music population was divided. People either saw the program as a Godsend that would save them from wallet gouging CD prices or a new-aged form of robbery. From the money-hungry record company executive to the eleven year-old kid waiting forty minutes to download the latest BB Mac hit, it seems that almost everyone has a stance on Napster. The difficulty lies in appeasing all parties affected by the Internet file sharing. Though the record companies and others interested in the financial aspect of music are reluctant to adapt, they will inevitably be forced to do so by the evolution of technology.
The word "Napster" originated as creator Sean Fanning's grade school nickname. It was
Napster could be driven to bankruptcy and Audiogalaxy, Scour, Bearshare, Aimster, Kava, iMesh, Limewire, Abe's MP3 finder, Gnotella, WinMX, Tripnosis, Swaptor, Freenet, Mediashare, Yoink, Ohaha, Smirck, and several other file sharing programs would keep the pulse of sharing community beating. Napster is trying to work out a solution with the record companies. They have signed a deal with the German company "Bertslman Inc." who owns the BMG music company. Already a link off of the Napster program has been added which brings the user directly to the Bertlsman owned "CD Now" website. A potential Napster version where the user pays a monthly rate is in the works, but the outlook for this is not very good. Why pay a monthly rate for music that is free at one of the many other sites? Also, certain companies or artist still may not comply, and those songs would still have to be blocked. This would limit the amount of music available making the service inferior to