Monday, June 18, 2001- The Michigan Daily - 3 DOW SHOPPING Students find Internet file-sharing services to replace costly Napster A dog walker takes advantage of the shade and shopping offered by Nichols Arcade yesterday afternoon. 'Fathers n101ot liV ing With ofsprng Often hae h chilren By David Daybik Daily Steff Reporter Downloading MP3s through the popular file-sharing application Nap- ster has become more difficult in recent months. The company's engi- neers have been persistently imple- menting digital filters and song identification technologies, sending fans scurrying for their favorite songs like rats in a maze. The nunber of users has decreased considerably, according to Napster's third consolidat- ed report of compliance. "As we continue to comply with the (U.S.) District Court's (for the North- ern District of California) injunction, some searches are not returning results and many files are not being shared," Napster said in a written statement. Napster has been ordered to block searches of its index whenever search- es correspond to the names of copy- right infringing material. "Napster's filters are constantly being changed to more effectively exclude music the copyright holders want blocked, and that frequently results in other music being excluded as well," the statement said. University students exhibit a genuine discontent with Napster's transforma- tion from a once thriving music-trading venue to a desolate wasteland of lost s digital music. A "Typing in common search titles and u not being able to find anything at all y has caused me to log off," LSA senior - Robert Shereda said. "I lust can't find the muisic I an looking for." Despite the fact that Napster has fallen in the eyes of its faithful public, numerous peer-to-peer clones have spawned and are taking the file-sharing arena by storm, Although no alternative file-sharing service has risen to the wild popularity of Napster - with its once 50 million user base - many are experiencing impressive figures. According to Vulcan Ventures and CNET Networks, Inc., Gnutella, MyNapster, WinMX and Music City's Morpheus are among some of the most popular and frequently downloaded file-sharing services available today. Each service possesses its own unique nuances, but all offer a similar "Napster-like" experience. "People are searching around for the best one," said Jarvis Mak, senior Internet analyst at Nielsen/NetRatings. "They haven't found one as easy to use and as successful as Napster yet, but obviously they are looking." Shereda said he has searched for an alternative means of gathering music. "I have tried three different music- sharing services," Shereda said. "Audiogalaxy seems to work pretty well. I downloaded BearShare and tried Morpheus this afternoon." Although a significant number of services are penetrating the file-sharing market, Napster glances over its shoul- der and looks to the future with the possibility of establishing a profitable business model. Napster has officially licensed its service to MusicNet - a joint venture of RealNetworks, AOL Time Warner Inc., Bertelsmann AG and EMI Group. MusicNet is the world's first digital distribution platform for downloading and streaming music. According to a recent press release issued by MusicNet, three of the world's largest record companies - Warner Music Group, BMG Entertainment and EMI Recorded Music - will permit their content to be delivered to Napster as long as Napster is operating ina legal, non-infringing manner. Napster users are apprehensive about paying a subscription fee when free music-sharing alternatives are readily available. "People can always find a way around it. There will always be a free way to do it. They have to offer popular enough artists and not charge an extraordinary amount of money," Shereda said. The MusicNet subscription service is scheduled for release later this summer. By Elizabeth Kassab Daily News Editor Dads who celebrate Father's Day with biological children who do not live with them are likely to have other children who know them as "Dad", according to a recent study co-authored by a University researcher. Almost 50 percent of fathers who don't live with one set of children have ties to another set of children, and 24 ercent have ties to more than one other set of children, The statistics are troubling, said Pamela Smock, a sociologist at the University's Population Studies Center, who co-authored the study with sociol- ogists Wendy Manning of Bowling Green State University and Susan Stewart of the University of Richmn d 1 he challenges, I think, are tugi. Smock sld It is ditfiesit for fathes to he etaly soled and finattisay supporti e it i tetr ethtldten whso do net live wih tem.n especially Pt nets sit) toss tonit The tact t a the childn omti he p c griphicah spread oat e opletl mri ti-cs she ,i . l) results worrisome. "We live in a society where family i the most important thing," said LSA sophomore Manish Kapadia. "When yot don't have that family, you're not onl ruining the child but you're hurting soci ety indirectly." Kapadia said family is th smallest unit of society, and disturbin that may upset the rest of society. LSA junior Melissa LufD said there ar problems even between children lilvin with their fathers, who may be preoccu pied with their jobs. "A lot of people even if they live with their dads, don have good relationships with them," sh said, but added the only person sh knows well who was raised in a one-pat ent home lives with her father. Smock attribtted the numbers in pat to rising divorce rates and children bot to unmtoartied parents, trends that hav been present since the I960s aod 1970s, if anything, the stuy's tesults ar etimsersialive, Smtoek satd-. 'fit , slt!dis have shw itthat tme uiiderreprt Ithteit ltildre n in surv sey~ Second, grctups iioct se wh ire ike tit he 'absetei dds ate ofte iin friri srvys, Srick sait. Mlen wit tiwe cc mstae m reI ikely tcI b e g e g It e r- rt n e T s. y gk h a - r','i r . Yf p' 1''' k' , : f 1 " E ti. r '.. . 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