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Early 1999 spawned a variety of file-sharing programs that allowed people to exchange files and programs over the internet. ... Essentially, people were sharing and downloading “stolen” music via the internet. ...
All the downloading and swapping of MP3s has attracted the wrath of the RIAA because there are no digital security features associated with MP3, so millions of songs are freely shared everyday by millions of users. ...
The Recording Industry of America (RIAA) started to see what a big problem Mp3’s and file-sharing programs were to business. They began to sue the file-sharing designers themselves and tried to shut some of them down. “Napster,” which was one of the most popular Mp3 file-sharing programs used in 1999, was all over the news when RIAA had it shut down. Although, after shutting some of the programs down, Mp3 sharing didn’t seem to slow down because new programs were popping up left and right. ... ” On the opposite end of the argument, people against RIAA’s legal actions are saying that, “the goats, cattle, and roosters have already escaped, and now the farmers are shutting the barn door.
Approximate Word count = 867
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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