Peer to Peer Technology Part 3.

It has grown from a virtual unknown company to over 65 million users in less than two years with no major media marketing.

Napster, is a file swapping software that has enabled Internet users to share music files directly from their hard drives with each other in the popular MP3 format. It has caused much debate and legal action in the hi-tech and music industry. Mostly because it enables people to get music by file swapping with each other without paying fees and royalties to record companies and artists. In this case peer-to-peer technology has become a revolutionary form of music distribution that has taken the music companies and record stores out of the loop.

While this new distribution form has rocked the traditional record industry many independent artists welcome its development. Even some major music icons like Madonna, Prince, and Chuck Dee extol the use of the new technology.