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Napster was an American proprietary peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing application primarily associated with digital audio file distribution. Founded by

rebranding as Napster, the same name brand that was used by Roxio's Napster. On March 25, 2025, it was sold to Infinite Reality. Napster started as an

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th. Cir., 2001) was a landmark intellectual property case in which the United States Court of Appeals

Napster, commonly known as "Napster 2.0", was a music streaming service and digital music store, launched by Roxio in 2003 under the purchased name and

Metallica led the case against the peer-to-peer file sharing service Napster, in which the band and several other artists filed lawsuits against the

Metallica, et al. v. Napster, Inc. was a 2000 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California case that focused on copyright infringement

investor. He developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing platforms, in 1999. The popularity of Napster was widespread and

transformed into a public good, largely due to one player in the market: Napster. Napster, a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing network where users could upload

philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the file-sharing computer service Napster, and was the first president of the social networking website Facebook

self-released – collection of outtakes Acoustic E.P. (2004), Capitol – digital EP Napster Sessions (2004), Capitol – digital EP Connect Set (2006), Capitol – digital