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Article: James Madison U. students download MP3's despite copyright violations
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- University Wire
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- February 14, 2000
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Tom Steinfeldt
University Wire
02-14-2000
(The Breeze) (U-WIRE) HARRISONBURG, Va. -- An eclectic selection of music, from Puff Daddy to Poison to Tom Jones blares from dorm rooms and apartment balconies at James Madison University. And now, more than ever, those songs are blaring from computers, not the stereo.
MP3s are digitally-compressed music files and they can be quickly downloaded on computers hooked up to the JMU computer network or the Internet. Most importantly, the files are free.
"I used to go out and buy a CD for $15 just for one song and now I can get it [through
] MP3 and listen to it as much as I want," freshman Lauren York said.
But problems with MP3s - stemming from ...