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Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett recently stood by the band's decision to sue Napster in 2000 over copyright issues. Hammett also said that nothing will sound better than vinyl. -
Rhapsody Rebrands Itself as Napster à la Early 2000s P2P Music Piracy Heyday, Aughties Nostalgia Reaches Critical Mass
Yesterday, music streaming service Rhapsody announced they are rebranding themselves as Napster, the name of the popular but ultimately doomed early-aughts peer-to-peer file sharing service the company acquired in 2011. -
Napster Relaunching Streaming Service In Canada -- Will Anyone Subscibe?
Napster is back and hoping to reclaim its former glory days, or at least a sliver of it, with a relaunch in Canada. -
New York Times Napster Documentary Illustrates How Company Changed Music Industry Forever [WATCH]
The music industry suffered a shock it was never able to recover from when Napster opened the flood gates of peer to peer file sharing that allowed users to download music from each other's hard drives without have to pay for it. The service was eventually shut down in 2001 after three years of explosive growth up to over 70 million users, the impact it had on the music business and the psyche of the modern digital age consumer has been incalculable. A New York Times short documentary catalogs the rise and fall of Napster, from its inception in a Northeastern dorm room, to its final shuttering at the hands of record labels and US courts and the lasting impact a small start up had on consumers and music. -
Collateral Damage: Where Will Copyright Law Get Us to Next...Nowhere?
Call it "collateral damage," indeed. Technology has become an everyday re-invention of the new age. While computerization inserts itself as the norm, industries deliberate on better ways of protecting their products from illegal sharing and piracy.
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