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Could AI music be the industry’s next Napster moment?
02 Oct 2025 08:13 GMT
… downloading and sharing 24 copyrighted songs on the file-sharing service Kazaa.
Yet the … . Then, in June 2024, the RIAA announced that Universal Music Group … compensation.
“Have Everything. Own Nothing,” Napster once claimed. Today’s generative …
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Why Napster, Music’s Original Disruptor, Will Never Die
02 Apr 2025 13:36 GMT
… Napster is alive.
Nearly three decades after the peer-to-peer file-sharing … resurrected fellow aughts file-sharing site Limewire as an NFT … such as the RIAA may associate Napster with theft, these … and fan events alongside Napster’s existing streaming platform …
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Napster sold for $207million over 20 years after shutting down
26 Mar 2025 08:14 GMT
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Napster, founded in 1999, was a peer-to-peer file sharing … of LimeWire and ThePirateBay.
Later that year, Napster was … sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA … new experience. Besides relaunching Napster as a music streaming …
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Music service Napster acquired by 3D tech company Infinite Reality for $207 million
26 Mar 2025 06:16 GMT
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Napster’s journey
Napster, founded in 1999, was a peer-to-peer file sharing … platform that allowed users to share songs for … Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for distributing copyrighted material. In …
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Napster Faces Backlash From Labels Again — This Time for Late Royalty Payments
21 Jan 2025 20:02 GMT
… label.
Napster launched in June 1999 as a file-sharing service that … , Dr. Dre and the RIAA. “Napster is not developing a business … large-scale piracy,” the RIAA wrote in a suit filed … considering pulling their catalogs from Napster, or no longer delivering …
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How Recent Music Layoffs Compare to the Post-Napster Years
04 Oct 2024 21:46 GMT
… the year Napster introduced the world to peer-to-peer file-sharing, to … billion, according to the RIAA. That’s a stark … sudden arrival of both file-sharing applications and widespread internet access … music. But the post-Napster years were followed by another …
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LimeWire, a Former P2P File-sharing Site, Has Chosen XRP as a Payment Option
08 May 2023 12:07 GMT
Limewire, a popular peer-to-peer file (P2P) sharing website from the … micro-blogging site, LimeWire shared a screenshot of the … (RIAA) over allegations of music piracy.
Defunct P2P Apps … space.”
LimeWire is not the only decentralized file sharing service …
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The RIAA, villain of the Napster era, turns its sights on AI firms -- 'It's a lot more fun now'
07 Aug 2024 17:02 GMT
… America, better known as the RIAA.
The trade group, which … as the bully of the Napster era has changed.
There’s … combination of the two. Like file sharing, it is a major technological … RIAA was synonymous with suing music fans for downloading songs on Napster …
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The Major Labels Are Suing Verizon — Infringement Complaint Targets Subscribers’ Alleged P2P and BitTorrent Piracy
15 Jul 2024 20:39 GMT
Notwithstanding the numerous references to file sharing and BitTorrent, the majors (and … to courtroom confrontations with the RIAA.
While that doesn’t fully … download “sound recordings through the P2P network known as BitTorrent,” spells …
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Universities list LimeWire, Kazaa, and other defunct software in piracy warning
10 Jul 2024 19:25 GMT
… , particularly Peer To Peer (P2P) torrenting traffic, regardless of … who have completed the file still connecting to the … (RIAA). Eventually, lawsuits would shut down the likes of LimeWire and Kazaa … piracy applications. For example, Napster's branding was …