These are the types of issues that universities nationwide have had to deal with in order to decide whether to ban Napster campus wide or allow free access to the Internet with no restrictions. Universities have the right to make their own decision about the use of Napster among their students, but not according to the three ethical issues. The utilitarian stance has both pros and cons of the use of Napster by college students. The greatest good for the greatest number for the students should continue the use of the music database. It is good because everyone is able to have access to such a wide variety of music.
Many students are able to take advantage of such a resource for various reasons.
The con side of the utilitarian argument is that the musicians would be losing money. If students were able to access free music anytime, record companies and the artists would be forced to stop producing new albums due to lack of income and profit. According to the duty-based stance ethical action, Napster should be able to be utilized by the university s students. In the agreement on their website, it states that the site is not to be misused and it does not try to manipulate it s users. The majority of students know about Napster and they had the choice to download the program or not.