First of all how does Napster work? Napster is a software program created by 19 year old Shawn Fanning, through which users can swap songs over the Internet. Computer users visit Napster.com and download the free Napster program. Once the software is installed on the user’s hard drive, the user can locate songs stored on the computer of other Napster users by title and artist. Once a specific song is located the user double-clicks …showed first 75 words of 885 total…

…showed last 75 words of 885 total…times have you not bought a CD because of one song and then ended up hating the rest of the tracks? Napster will eliminate this problem if you get to hear the tracks before you buy. If things go the way record companies want the biggest loser will be the consumers. The internet is the peoples media and attempting to control it too much will go against the spirit of the virtual world. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**