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Comment Ten years ago a 19-year-old Shawn Fanning launched Napster and music file-sharing; and the property rights war has been raging ever since. In the future it will be far easier for music and movie services... [24 Sep 2009]
A new media world: Napster's 10-year anniversary
Comment In short, my feeling about Napster requires me to paraphrase TV critic Tim Goodman of the San Francisco Chronicle: Everything we know today about the music industry, we owe to Fanning... [03 Jun 2009]
Does Pirate Bay verdict spell trouble for Google?
Comment Similar to Napster, The Pirate Bay site did not host audio and video files, but instead included links to material hosted elsewhere on the internet. This penalty is significant, as it is... [28 Apr 2009]
Free music downloads get Universal blessing
News Although billed by some as an iTunes competitor, SpiralFrog's idea is more akin to subscription services such as MTV's Urge or Napster. Users are required to go... [30 Aug 2006]
And finally: Microsoft to launch iPod rival
News As far as any device goes, she said Napster would welcome a cool product that works with its service but declined to comment on whether the Zune player would, in fact, work with Napster.... [24 Jul 2006]
BSkyB P2P deal warms studios to movie downloads
News We've taken the best of iTunes and Napster - the legal version of Napster - and we've tried to take the best of the web. He added: "The problem for the ISP if it neuters internet... [10 Jan 2006]
Illegal file-sharing three times as popular as iTunes
News A report from analyst house JupiterResearch discovered that consumers are three times more likely to get their digital music from illegal file-sharing networks than pay to download the tracks from online... [29 Nov 2005]
iTunes.co.uk tug-of-war ends
News In this case, Apple cited the fact that it had registered the iTunes trademark, together with CyberBritain's offer to sell the domain for $50,000 (£29,000) just two days after Apple offered $5,000 for it, and... [23 Nov 2005]
Spyware, adware infects BitTorrent downloads
News Unlike peer-to-peer networks such as eDonkey, Kazaa or the original Napster, no central search technology exists for BitTorrent. According to observers of the trend, music and videos... [17 Jun 2005]
Leader: iPod as storage cure-all
Leader With Napster's recent revamp and Sony's poker-chip music-player launch, weak-stomached analysts have been getting the jitters and proclaiming that Apple's sky is teetering on the verge of falling in. Of course - but... [16 Mar 2005]
Napster hack opens up music
News Napster has made headlines in recent weeks for kicking off its "Napster To Go" programme, which allows people to move songs downloaded through its... [16 Feb 2005]
Napster to give users one million songs for under £15
News The Napster to Go service works on a subscription model - for £14.95 a month, users can, monthly, take their pick from Napster's entire catalogue and load them onto one... [03 Feb 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Little sympathy for the music industry
Comment Paradoxically, one of the sharpest declines in the sale of recorded music occurred just after the RIAA had the original Napster shut down. No natural law determines that some particular portion of it must... [25 Jan 2005]
Leader: Still lots to learn from online music pirates
Leader One million songs can be found in iTunes' or Napster's catalogue - essentially, according to the IFPI, all of those 230 are offering a greater or lesser version of the same thing. Compared with the... [20 Jan 2005]
1000 per cent rise in legal music downloads fails to kill pirates
News It was also the year that saw the UK launch of now-household names of iTunes and Napster. There's a lot more tracks digitised and waiting to go online - it does take time," she said. The... [20 Jan 2005]
