Napster is the foremost innovator of peer-to-peer
file sharing. Shawn Fanning, nicknamed Napster, created this
online music service in June 1999 because he wanted an more convenient way to find songs. He compressed song into MP3 files to make it easier to share and download. Music that are downloaded, is then organized and burned on
compact discs.
Napster was accused of illegally distributing songs but was defended by fans, that they were just using Napster as a way to share music. Due to various intrigues and lawsuits, Napster has gone legal and now asks for subscription fees and small payments for songs downloaded.
California Senator Dianne Feinstein said at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that there is a legislative move to abolish peer-to-peer sites like file-sharing computer networks that continue to keep illegal files. In a bid to protect intellectual
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A new set of P2P clients have emerged. They are the hundreds of people who have just bought a MP3 player. Some MP3 player owners are relatively new to P2P sharing. Most of them are professionals or old men who liked to buy CDs before and use their CD pl
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When Shawn Fanning introduced Napster to the world, people instantly loved the convenience that MP3 music brought. It was easier to share and had wider variety. MP3 proliferated and Apple saw this as a way to cash in on the craze. They introduced the Appl
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