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Volume 38 Issue 2
September 19, 2000
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Students Observing and Scrutinizing
What do you think about this?
Napster, an Internet music exchange company, was taken to court recently
for violating copyright laws.
Claiming to fight for the users’ right to exchange music, Napster appealed
stating that “Congress has not written copyright laws that apply to new
technology,” adding if Congress were to write such laws, it may restrain
trading in the future.
Do you want Congress to write laws that restrict the exchange of information
that you exchange to and from your PC?
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“(Napster) needs to screen what gets exchanged instead of forcing
Congress to write more laws that would do the same thing.”
Kazia Jericho
17, Computer Information Systems
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“If Chuck D doesn’t care, then no one else should, either. Record
companies have been sticking it (to us). Now it’s our turn, just
like Chuck D said.”
Matt Alleva
20, Education
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“The government invades enough already.
You need a license to fish. What is next — a license to download
information?”
Sean Ferguson
22, Secondary Education
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“The performers need some protection. At the same time, I don’t
want to buy a whole CD just for a few songs.”
Corey Gloden
19, Undeclared
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“Napster needs to make sure that the artists are getting paid by
charging a dollar per download so that Congress doesn’t have to
intervene and infringe our rights.”
Amanda Holverson
18, Undeclared
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“Congress doesn’t need to write any more laws. To do so only slows
the process. I use Napster to sample Japanese music and then order
the album.”
Preston Wollaston
23, International Business
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“If Congress writes laws that say you can’t download
(out of print) songs, it will hurt record sales and out of print music
will be gone forever.”
Kali Sullivan
22, Undeclared
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