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The Quest For Free Online Music
In recent years, the Internet has sparked a communicational revolution throughout the world. ... Even more recently, a new battle of the digital age hit us: Online Music. ... Other companies began surfacing, either by legal means or not, but they all essentially had the same long run purpose: to trade and share music files on the Internet.
Napster, a sound file exchange program, works as easy as one, two, three: Find users that are online, search for a song and if they have it, click on it and download, its extremely simple and its 100% free. Its free for the downloader, but someone had to pay for a compact disc that had the song somewhere along the road. ... A music fan himself, Fanning figured there was obviously an easier way to access online music rather than getting just thirty-second sample clips from Internet vendors or unreliable file transfer protocol servers that were maintained by individuals that could hold only a limited number of users at any given time or had a "ratio": you upload three songs and you get to download one song, for instance. ... Both demanded hefty sums in past royalties , but the drummer was willing to work out a compromise though: his idea was for Napster to block Metallicas 96 copyrighted recordings and then they wouldnt owe him any royalties, which Fanning declined by stating all he was doing was providing a trading service between music fans that allowed them to preview a song before actually spending $15-17 dollars on a compact disc they might not even enjoy after all. ... punk-rockers The Offspring, who had nothing against this service that only helped their music reach a wider audience. Since cash flow did not seem to be an issue for platinum selling groups like these two, they werent too concerned that even though their music might reach a broader audience, they would not be getting any sort of compensation for it. ... They by no means wanted any form of their new album to be available through any online music outlet. ... Napster now includes a link to Bertelsmann-owned online music retailer, CDNow at the very top of its application.
Approximate Word count = 1805
Approximate Pages = 7.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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