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    Court Case: Napster V.

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    Napster was developed by a Northeastern university student named Shawn Fanning and launched in 1999. Its development made peer-to peer (P2P) sharing of MP3 files easy and accessible to the masses. Fanning’s development caused a burst in the popularity of music - file sharing. It became so popular, that almost overnight millions of people were downloading and uploading files. Napster’s system allowed music files from one users hard drive to be copied by another Napster users. Napster users would

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    Information System

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    Chapter 1 Setting the Stage: Technology and the Modern Enterprise True/False Questions 1. The United States holds the number one ranking in home broadband access. False; Moderate 2. The rise of open source software has lowered computing costs for start-up and blue chip companies worldwide. True; Easy 3. Rising customer service standards can partly be attributed to the proliferation of social media. True; Moderate 4. Facebook was founded by Kevin Rose. False;

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    of services that comes to mind are Napster and Pirate Bay. “This system, what’s most interesting about it is, you’re interacting with peers, you’re exchanging information with a person down the street.”—Shawn Fanning, Napster co-founder Back in 1999, a college student by the name of Shawn Fanning created a college “project” called Napster. Napster was a file-sharing service that many people utilized to get their music. Before Napster, the only way to share a file was to email it to a recipient

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    Napster Controversy

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    everyone, it changed the music industry forever – some would say for the worse”(vox). The music companies and musicians were deeply troubled by Napster. Was this the end of the music industry or was it just the beginning. Napster was founded by Shawn Fanning in May 1999(The napster controversy). He was a college dropout. He had an idea called peer to peer. It allowed people to download music directly off other people's computers via the internet (Communications of the ACM). They were essentially getting

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    Arguement Of Napster

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    The RIAA evidently disagreed with the 20 year old due to the filed case, however Napster did have one substantial legal advantage. Because Napster’s system only hosted file names from millions of users from all over the world, Napster could not be held liable under the DMCA. According to the DMCA, it is illegal to directly share and download copyright music; Napster was simply a distribution channel. In terms of legality, the user is liable for illegally sharing music, but it is nearly impossible

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    For many years illegal file sharing and music swapping has been going on. Two very popular cases are the MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster case and the A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster case. Both cases differ in many ways however they also have similarities. A lot of music and other sorts of entertainment are being distributed for free all over the internet. What some people do not think of are the consequences that will be faced if they get caught. Not only is the distributor at risk for getting caught

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    would make up a large percentage of illegal downloader's. As a result of the massive use of free peer to peer programs the record industry has suffered greatly. They are working hard in trying hard to put a stop to it, but they can't do it alone. Shawn

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    3dprint Case Summary

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    Just3DPrint – Public Enemy No. 1 Summary of Controversy The 3D printing industry had a little controversy. This controversy revolves around a small start up in the Allentown, PA area called “Just3DPrint”. Company is founded by four college students who had a dream, “offer 3d printing services”. The controversy does not revolve around their printing service, but it involves two powerhouses, Thingiverse; a website that allows 3d modelers to share their creations for “free” in a non-commercial manner

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    In may of nineteen ninety nine, Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker had had enough of paying for music. So, like any entrepreneur of the late nineties, they took to the internet, and founded Napster. A free website that used file-sharing technology to allow people to get their favorite songs by sharing files over the internet. The website was so successful, record companies began to take notice of their dwindling sales. By December of the same year, Napster was sued by the Recording Industry Association

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    In June of 1999 Shawn Fanning, John Fanning, and Sean Parker created an independent peer-to-peer file sharing website called Napster, Named after John Fanning’s high school nickname. A peer-to-peer (P2P) service allows access to media files like movies, music, books and games by using a certain program that connects to other computers on the same network, meaning that when someone downloaded a file it was coming directly from another person’s computer. The website was specifically designed to transfer

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