SoundExchange is suing Napster and Sonos for over $3.4 million in allegedly unpaid copyright royalties related to the Sonos ...

Napster was a file-sharing service that allowed users to download music tracks for free. The recording industry sued to have Napster shut down, and the company went into bankruptcy in 2002.

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On 1 June 1999, a piece of computer software was released that changed the way we listen to music forever. Napster didn’t exactly sound like something that would cause consternation in the ...

Infinite Reality, a media, ecommerce, and marketing company focused on 3D and AI-powered experiences, has entered an agreement to acquired Napster. That means that the brand originally launched in ...

When Napster m ade its d ebut in June 1999, few knew its potential impact. The software would let you share music files online for free, but at the time consumers were still buying hundreds of ...

The revolution actually began in 1999, with a little project by college student Shawn Fanning called Napster. By 2000, the online file-sharing service was being sued by record labels and musicians.

The fears about today’s streaming economy echo the existential panic when Napster debuted in 1999. The peer-to-peer service — where fans swapped catalogs of MP3 song files — walloped the ...

Shawn Fanning, Napster co-founder “If we are going to sell our music on the Internet, in whatever way we so choose, we cannot do that if the guy next door is giving it away for free.”— ...

When 18-year-old Shawn Fanning released his Napster file-sharing program on the Internet 10 years ago this month, little did he know he was unleashing a digital revolution that would continue today.

After the record labels sued Napster in December 1999 and put the tiny start-up on the map, Napster's growth exploded on college campuses that offered free high-speed access from dorm rooms.

Rhapsody announced yesterday that it's buying number-two paid subscription site Napster. But it's really presiding over Napster's funeral. As Janko Roettgers reports at GigaOm, Napster's offices ...