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37 Million People Download Music
According to a study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, thirty-seven million Americans have downloaded free music from the Internet since last summer, which is a forty percent increase. With the constant mention of file-swapping software in the media, programs like Napster spawned the increase of downloaded music files.
The study went on to find that twenty-nine percent of American adults say they have downloaded music online. That figure jumped seven percent from late July 2000, when the recording industry was at war with Napster in U.S. District Court.
All Pew Internet Project reports are based on their own research, surveys, and analysis. This specific report was based on three telephone surveys, using random-digit dialing and having an error margin of plus or minus 2 to 4 percentage points. The surveys polled a total of 4,205 adults and 754 children.
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Anonymous
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Date: April 26, 2001 @ 11:19 AM
At least we know people are not downloading from Napster. The new super-filters were turned on last night. Bye, bye Napster, Inc.! |
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Fozzie
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Date: April 26, 2001 @ 12:23 PM
hmm it seems the filters are in fact working now...ah well...napigator well help get the job done :) |
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Anonymous
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Date: April 26, 2001 @ 12:36 PM
But since MusicCity is now commercial & KaZaA, Napigator ain't that cool no more. :( |
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Anonymous
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Date: April 26, 2001 @ 12:41 PM
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John-Draisey
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Date: April 26, 2001 @ 5:46 PM
I am still get as many downloads from napster as I was before - you just have to know how to work the system. |
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doobybrain
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Date: April 26, 2001 @ 7:47 PM
wow, this is really related to the article. doesnt stray off one bit...
stop advertising.
[doobybrain] |
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Anonymous
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Date: April 27, 2001 @ 2:30 AM
Oh John...you're so *mysterious.* |
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Anonymous
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Date: April 27, 2001 @ 2:34 AM
Statement from Napster:
"Napster is continuing to comply with the District Court’s injunction and to prevent the record companies from shutting down file sharing. In the process of doing so, we have implemented a range of filters designed to remove from the Napster service all copyrighted works for which we have received notice. We have recently enhanced those filters in an effort to screen out the wide range of variations in artist name and song title that result in noticed works continuing to appear on the Napster index. That, in turn, has unfortunately caused substantial additional 'overblocking,' the unintentional removal of otherwise authorized works, for which we apologize to our users and artists. We will continue to refine our filters in an effort to avoid overblocking to the extent possible.
While many of the variations in artist and title names are the natural result of individuals naming their own files, some of the variations are deliberate attempts to evade the filters and share material over the Napster service that would otherwise be blocked. Napster’s terms of service prohibit the use of evasive measures such as pig latin, napcameback, napsterdecoder and otherwise deliberately altering file names in order to evade Napster's filters. Users found to be employing such evasive techniques will receive a warning and those who continue to share such files will be blocked from using the Napster service. This determination is based on an examination of the file names the user is making available to the Napster index.
Thank you for your continuing support. Napster is making significant strides in the development of our new service. Look for future announcements in this space." |
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Anonymous
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Date: April 27, 2001 @ 6:53 PM
Wow...I get a brand new computer, put in a dsl line, and BOOM, napster goes off the air. I can't download a thing....it's ridiculous.... |
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Anonymous
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Date: April 29, 2001 @ 6:33 AM
gorillaz-Clint Eastwood |
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Da-slayer
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Date: May 6, 2001 @ 8:59 AM
yeah. most files still work. even banned ones. people just use file name and content scramblers, and un-scramble as soon as the file is done.
Where there is an asshole desperate enough, he'll make a half-assed way to do it.
You can get toploader or starsialor. I'm trying to get alanis morissette at this moment. |
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Da-slayer
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Date: May 6, 2001 @ 9:01 AM
Rock on, doobybrain.
Freeing the world would instantly mean ANARCHY! for fvcks sake! Mods on ICQ like my hate have a bad time as it is, asshole! |
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