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 ...
For my entire life, the RIAA was synonymous with suing music fans for downloading songs on Napster. Do you still encounter that sentiment about your work today? It's a lot more fun now.
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Despite its name remaining one of the most loaded terms in Internet history, Napster’s mission to go straight still chugs along, and the now-music streaming service’s latest plays are ...
Napster, and now its clones, is generating all sorts of debates in the press. For example, is what Napster doing legal? The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says Napster encourages ...
It's true: Skype, the unruly and sometimes unloved communication platform, made it possible and okay to communicate with anyone via video on a PC. It was the realization of a dream that stretched back ...