Napster

NAPSTER: BREAKING THE CONSTITUTION The Napster software, which launched in 1999, allows people to share digital music files (MP3) between each other. This Internet program has sparked a historical debate about copyright law and the Internet. Copyright owners strongly believe that “sharing” these files via Napster is “stealing”(TIME). Downloading music against the wishes of an artist or producer is breaking the law. Some believe that it is not stealing or illegal. They are just making …showed first 75 words of 1066 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1066 total…Discoveries…”. It is now up to the lawmakers to allow the constitutional ideas to merge with that of the new e-commerce business, respect the Constitution of the United States and compensate those artist, songwriters, and others for their work. WORKS CITED Greenwald, John. “Who Needs Napster.” TIME . 23 October 2000: 22-25/ Sloan, Allan. “Playing Fair With Copyright” Newsweek. Feb. 2001 43-46/ U. S. CONST. art. 1 V § 8 Schwartz, Scott M.. “The Great Napster Debate.” Michigan Review. October 11-25, 2000. *http