Harvard and other schools began blocking Napster earlier this year, claiming that students downloading music from the service were clogging campus Internet connections. Napster is a popular application amongst students, some of whom posted a web site to protest the bans earlier this year. Napster allows users to browse and grab music files from the computers of other Napster-connected users.
Napster Changes Tune for Campus Networks
Napster, the controversial service that allows
users to share MP3 files over the Internet,
announced yesterday that it is making changes to
the way its program works in order to appease
colleges across the country who have banned
students from using the software.