Journal Entry #8

An ongoing trend among many people around the world is the downloading of music. 7 years ago, a small compnay by the name of Napster appeared out of nowhere and quickly spread across the world. Napster was a music sharing program that allowed people around the world to download free music. In my opinion, I believe that Napster has changed the world. Before the downloading era, people had to resort to either buying thre CD's, Audio cassettes, records or listening to the radio for their music needs. Today, people continue to download music for free from many different types of P2P (Peer to Peer) programs. Now, the music industry is losing their revenu quicker and quicker. If they had signed up with Napster in the first place, then mabye things would of been different for them. At the end of the article, Don Dodge states that he had learnt 5 important lessons from his experience. In a short summary, he states that you should know who and what you are dealing with and have options on how to deal with the certain problems that would arise. In conclusion, the downloading of music is still something that many people do. I myself enjoy downloading music for free because it allows me to listen to my favourite songs without paying for them. Until the record companies find a way to stop these different programs from running, i suugest that if they cannot beat them, join them and work together to find a way to settle the situation.