Napster

1. The Napster concept is cutting edge technology; its high powered connections are fast, easy and convenient. The Napster concept could revolutionize infotech and energize the PC industry.

2. Napster technology can help everyone involved in music-consumers, artists and the industry.

3. Napster users, which number about 20 million, are more likely to buy music both online and in retail stores because Napster acts as an instigator of sales. Data indicates that Napster is not harming the record industry.

4. College students, the largest users of Napster, are using Napster to try out songs not as a replacement to CDs.

5. What Napster users are doing falls under fair use and thus does not violate copyright.

6. Napster encourages positive values by working like a co-op. Its peer-to-peer networks are based on community sharing, not profits; consumers make copies of music from and for one another free of charge and thus it is a non-commercial activity.

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indicated that 38 percent of college students said Napster had no impact on their music purchases and 22 percent said Napster helped them decide what music to purchase. Of the 3,218 students surveyed, only 500 who completed the survey had ever used Napster to download free music. Another report, commissioned by digital rights management firm Reciprocal and produced by market research firm VNU was used in the RIAA lawsuit against Napster. The VNU report said data suggests that online file sharing has caused a loss of album sales in the college market. However, this report also stated that "there is nothing to suggest that Napster in late 1999 and early 2000 had any impact on the course of sales." ("Napster: Music's Friend or Foe?" www.wired.com) Several other reports also indicate that Napster may be good for the online music business. An article printed in July stated that two new sets of data on Napster "suggests that Napster may be more of a music-marketing tool than a replacement for CD buying. Napster users are more likely to purchase music both online and offline," according to Jupiter Communications. Therefore, Napster acts as "a catalyst for sales" ("Napster Leaps to its Own Defense," www.thestandard.com). Another sur
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