What Does The Future Hold For Napster?

What Does The Future Hold For Napster?

Napster, a peer-to-peer, digital music exchange platform, is currently being sued for contributory copyright infringement by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). What do you think the outcome of this lawsuit will be? What does the future hold for Napster and companies like it? Explain.

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by ptiemann

May 8, 2000

Listen, money-bags!
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by three_ster

Nov 28, 2000

Better watch out establishment...
The future may be changing in the music industry...... read full review

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by conter7

Mar 10, 2001

The Future is Looking Awfully Good if You Ask Me!
Filtering out songs is impossible; Napster server on Private Island; Aimster Encrypter; ...... Napster is staying up and will be a profitable business if they get advertisers on their server.... read full review

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by renewal2

Sep 4, 2004

Napster Is A Darned Site (sic) Better than Realplayer and Music Match Jukebox
Napster is resurrected and I am a little bit too.... read full review

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by julie42

Jun 22, 2000

Napster: Is using Napster bad???
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by jeff_wilder78

Jul 25, 2002

Napster May Be Gone. But The Spirit Lives On.
The lesson that can be taken from this is: the music business is a no-win place.... read full review

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by Caprigrl84

Mar 6, 2001

Napster: MP3s Are Our Future!
Napster is a terrific song swapping service. It does for you what the radio does for you, only you get a greater variety. Napster is our Future!... read full review

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by Montepenny

Jul 28, 2000

The Day the Music Died
The bottom line is that you should read this epinion to find out the bottom line.... read full review

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by rapoob2

Aug 10, 2004

New and Improved! Napster Will Dominate The Future
Napster will be successful as they continue to work with the music industry.... read full review

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by HawgWyld

Feb 24, 2001

The end of Napster? Hardly!
The music industry had better figure out how to make money from MP3 file sharing because that practice is going to continue.... read full review

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by STPezatcha

Jun 1, 2000

My take on Napster
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by dtobias

Oct 30, 2000

They're both right, and they're both wrong.
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by Rufster

May 20, 2001

The End Of Napster
The Napster Music Experience is over. The blocks are up and no popular music titles can be downloaded.... read full review

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by aliencowboy

Feb 24, 2000

A Musician's POV
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by FilboidStudge

Nov 29, 2000

Roll Over Michael Bolton, And Tell Huey Lewis And The News The News
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by radioguy

Mar 12, 2001

Rumors of Napster's Death Greatly Exaggerated
Napster is dead. Long live le Napster!... read full review

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by matthewn

Aug 12, 2001

Anti-Napster people are missing the point
I think Napster should be allowed to be around. IT IS NOT THE FAULT OF NAPSTER FOR PEOPLE SELLING THE DOWNLOADED MATERIAL. IT'S THE DOWNLOADERS OWN FAULT!... read full review

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by Bruguru

Jun 4, 2000

Artists Have Rights, but So Does the Consumer
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by nightfall

Aug 11, 2000

Points to Consider on Napster vs RIAA
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by SirMontego

Aug 11, 2000

RIAA is right, maybe
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