According to Pew Internet :The revolutionary file-sharing application created by college student Shawn Fanning officially launched in June of 1999. By November, the file-sharing network had grown so popular that it had attracted the first of many peer-to-peer-focused lawsuits from the RIAA. And by the time the Pew Internet Project fielded its initial survey on music file-sharing in July 2000, nearly one in four adult internet users said they had downloaded music files, and most of them (54%) had used the Napster network to do so.

Sharing music without permission is a violation of copyright, as the industry contends, but digital technology makes downloading music off the Internet inevitable. The industry missed an opportunity to turn informal file-sharing into a profit center when it failed to buy Napster, the first of the popular downloading services, when it had a chance in 2000

the success of the Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails experiments would be the prologue to an industry-wide loosening of the ties around digital distribution. Shortly after the RIAA had announced the end to its litigation against individual file sharers at the end of 2008, iTunes halted the sale of music bundled with “digital rights management” protection.

Alan Khazie

Alan Khazei is a candidate running for U.S Senate. Mr. Khazei joined us here at American International College to talk to students, faculty, etc about health care, he is a democratic candidate,His Parents were a Nurse and a Doctor, and his Co-Chair is Smidy Pignitelli. Mr. Khazei talked about how 30 million people don't have health insurance in America. He is committed to get universal health care , with public options such as cost going down, and creating alternative wellness programs. he has innovative solutions such as reducing obesity and smoking. Mr. Khazei also talked about the race to good health fund which i think is a great idea for people looking to have healthier habits.

For more information on Alan Khazei his website is alanforsenate.com

Teens and Technology

-According to Pew Internet Older teens, aged 15-17, go online more frequently than younger teens. Some 59% of wired teens aged 15-17 go online once a day or more, while 43% of younger teens report going online that frequently.

-Teens with married parents are significantly more likely to go online than teens of single parents. Eighty-nine percent of teens with parents who are married go online compared to 76% of teens with parents who are divorced, separated, widowed, or who have never been married.

- Among whites, 87% of teens say they go online. Similarly, 89% of Hispanic youth in this study say they go online. By comparison, 77% of African-American youth go online.

Generations on the Internet

-Teens and Generation Y (internet users age 18-32) are the most likely groups to use the internet for entertainment and for communicating with friends and family.

-Older generations use the internet less for socializing and entertainment and more as a tool for information searches, emailing, and buying products.

-Generation X (internet users ages 33-44) continues to lead in online shopping and online banking. Fully 80% of Generation X internet users buy products online, compared with 71% of internet users ages 18-32.

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