Rhapsody

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This paper analyzes the business model for Rhapsody, a file downloading system offered by RealNetworks. The paper shows that file sharing of this sort has been developing as a major force in music for some time, first with peer-to-peer file sharing that skirted and often broke copyright laws, and now through services that charge a fee, pay for the rights, and so follow copyright law.

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"Rhapsody is a product produced by RealNetworks that enables the file sharing of music for a fee. File sharing of this sort has been developing as a major force in music for some time, first with peer-to-peer file sharing that skirted and often broke copyright laws, and now through services that charge a fee, pay for the rights, and so follow copyright law. Numerous handheld devices have been sold to allow for the downloading of music into a unit that can be taken along by the consumer and listened to like a Walkman was for tapes and even CDs. Such devices are much smaller and hold up to 6 gigabytes of material at a time. The music in the device can be erased and replaced with new files."

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