The Sound of Music Versus the Cost of Music? The music business has certainly changed with the advancement in Internet technology. The local record store has even been affected by the emergence of free, quality sounding music, offered through Napster via downloading. Napster is a free online music file-sharing program run through numerous servers that allows users to freely exchange music files known as Mp3’s at no charge. This controversial innovation has influenced millions …showed first 75 words of 1075 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1075 total…a new, effective method of collecting music. Given the expense of buying music from a record store, Napster has combated this by offering a lot more to its users at no cost. Record stores are unable to compete with Napster’s selection and hassle free atmosphere. The resources included with Napster are far superior to any record store as well. Napster simply offers more at no charge than any record entity ever could. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**