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In 1999, Napster hit the scene with a peer-to-peer file sharing application that changed the world. Within a year, millions of people were trading songs from a simple download. It didn't take long for Metallica to sue Napster and to ban users from access. Napster was forced to shut down in 2001 (Mason). This opened the door; in the next few years, P2P networks and file sharing across the world grew exponentially. The torrent protocol and sites such as The Pirate Bay, Torrent Reactor and TorrentSpy

phenomenon that has affected its very foundation - mass scale music piracy. The decline of CD sales in the past three years have been blamed on the availability of songs that can be downloaded from Internet sites and service providers like Napster, KaZaA and Morpheus free of charge. Today the issue of intellectual copyright infringement in music has been taken more seriously than ever before, as large record labels and companies like Sony and EMI struggle to maintain healthy album sales in the face

As Iran is an Islamic country, the most basic human needs were illegal, censored or blocked; laughing in the street as a girl or falling in love were considered bringing shame to the family, listening to Western music was a sin, Internet was illegal, and watching certain kinds of movies was a crime. Although, nowadays things have improved and the new generation is stronger and more resilient than when I lived there. In Iran, Islamic rules are the only rules being enforced. They could care less about

Forces Current rivalry: Apple faces an intense and fierce competition in the PC market, which has a very low switching cost. Competition comes from IBM, Dell, HP and Toshiba. In the multimedia solutions category, initial companies such as Napster and Kazaa was the main rivals to Apple’s iTunes and iPod but due

Germanic society meets Slavic society in this locale that straddles east and west, with noteworthy towns, tall tale palaces, brew, woods, untainted farmland, and mountain reaches, including the powerful Alps. Europe's rich agrarian and modern differing qualities has made the landmass a focal point of exchange and trade for a considerable length of time. It is halfway situated between the two other "Old World" main lands, Africa and Asia. This custom of trade provoked the early and fast urbanization

The Impact of Piracy According to the Motion Pictures Association of America website, A pirate is anyone who sells, acquires, copies or distributes copyrighted materials without permission. Over the past ten years, technology has greatly advanced, and with these technological advances, digital file sharing easier than ever. One aspect of these advances is faster Internet connection, which has made it easier to download large files in the matter of minutes. Whereas in the past majority

Music and Software Piracy Piracy and Copyright Infringement are major issues that have developed through the use of the Internet and file transfer servers. Developments and advances in these areas over past two decades have my generation within a mouse click of their destination. However, these opened doors have been overrun with a large exchange of pirated material. The present issue involves the nations excessive illegal downloading of unlicensed products. The trend of previous litigations

Ultimately it ceased being a free source of music. Now there are a few other popular servers, like Gnutella, Morpheus, and Kazaa. The legality of these sites and all sites like it is hotly debated. In order to limit exchanging music, record companies want to make hardware and software to prevent music from being copied. But this would prevent people from copying their

Illegal downloading is an act of obtaining copyrighted music without proper payment or consent from an owner. This is a crime and consequences may vary depending on the degree of this matter. Commonly, video and film are illegally downloaded, resulting in many antagonistic responses from the recording industry. This topic sparked a controversy among the recording companies for negligent laws to be turned upside down. The peer-to-peer network is highly responsible for this matter in which individuals

Association of America (MPAA) initiated a campaign to combat the illegal sharing and downloading of files, songs, and movies. These illegal files are usually transferred through users and peer-to-peer networks including LimeWire, FrostWire, Bearshare, Kazaa, and most importantly Napster, which initiated it all. The illegal files are not only limited to music and movies but also various types of pirated software, such as Microsoft Office or Adobe Photoshop, that are accompanied with serial numbers and