# I was wondering what the whole MP3/Napster fuss was all about... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wondering-what-the-whole-mp3-napster-fuss-was-all-about/76778 "2001-08-17T18:31:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dentarthurdent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@dentarthurdent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dentarthurdent)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wondering-what-the-whole-mp3-napster-fuss-was-all-about/76778/21 "2001-08-18T02:28:24Z")
The best p2p file sharing program I’ve found is Grokster. It works on the same engine as kazaa. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wondering-what-the-whole-mp3-napster-fuss-was-all-about/76778/22 "2001-08-18T02:41:02Z")
I also download MP3s that I already own on other media because there is no way in hell that I’m going to buy them again. One album, I purchased on cassette, but it broke within a week of purchase. I saved up and got it again, this time on CD - and it was stolen when my house was broken into. I am sure as hell not going to buy it a third time, and consider myself within my rights to download the MP3s to listen to. After all, didn’t I buy myself the right to listen to those songs when and where I want to? The cassette and the CD were just the packaging that the music came on. I can’t rip most of my music into MP3s myself because they’re on cassette or LP (and I no longer have a record player). As far as I’m concerned, what I do is (or should be) perfectly legal, and - at least - is not immoral. I don’t see any reason to buy the same album twice because technology has changed. ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wondering-what-the-whole-mp3-napster-fuss-was-all-about/76778/23 "2001-08-18T12:09:20Z")
Could you detail that a bit more for the blonde please? I have some old LPs that I’d just love to have on CD, but can’t find anywhere, even online. I have a CD burner but lack the know-how to get my music onto it from a tape or LP. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wondering-what-the-whole-mp3-napster-fuss-was-all-about/76778/24 "2001-08-18T12:37:08Z")
Nope … we ain’t gonna do this. While the original question was okay, it’s branched out into the “how-to” field, which is not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wondering-what-the-whole-mp3-napster-fuss-was-all-about/76778.md?page=1)