Napster

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1. A Web site that facilitated the free exchange of digital music through the Internet.

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Napster became a symbol of the highly significant battle over the concept of intellectual property rights as it applies to the Internet.

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They sued file-sharing platform Napster, which promoted widespread piracy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two decades ago, the court sided with the music and motion picture producers and ruled against Grokster and Napster on the grounds their software was intended to share copyrighted music and movies.

From Los Angeles Times

She later signed with Epic Records under Sony Music Entertainment — then run by Chairman and CEO Tommy Mottola — but they dropped the singer, following the decline in CD sales and rise of digital file-sharing sites like Napster and Limewire.

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Napster forever changed the music industry even though its business model was ultimately deemed illegal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then Napster arrived with online file sharing.

From The Wall Street Journal