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The free downloading and sharing of music online. What used to be thought of as free and legal, consumers are now coming to the realization that it was and still continues to be against the law.
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It was said in t h j Philadelphi • Inquirer tha Apple an Microsof will launch ing pro grams tha will charg the tomer monthly fee, 99 cents per song to download.
Apple's itunes Music Store, which started in April, Microsoft has a vastly larger market to offer its customers.
The songs from these sites know what computers are compatible to the program from which they are downloaded from and will only play on that computer. They can be downloaded on to a compact disc but only a certain number of times and will only play on computers and portable disc players that support the program from which it came. If that song file is transferred to a computer or player that is not compatible then it simply will not play.
Katie Wright, an education major, said, "I don't like it. If I were going to get sued, I would pay the monthly fees depending how much they were."
Most students seem to have mixed opm10ns. Adrienne Baldwin, an undeclared stu-
