Napster:
The affect on album sales
Napster is a computer program written in 1998, by Shawn Fanning, while he was a
student at Northeastern University. It allows us to download songs for free from other people that
have the program. There has been a lot of debate on whether Napster helps or harms album sales.
Several studies give us mixed signals on the impact of this music-sharing software.
Music Executives, and artists like Dr. Dre and Metallica, believe that Napster is hurting
the music industry. They are suing Napster for copyright infringement because they believe they
are losing millions of dollars, and therefore. Lawyers for the bands believe th
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