Word: napsterizing
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File sharing was the craze first started by Napster, the software that allowed users to download popular music from other people’s computers...
Napster’s file-sharing service attracted legal troubles because it enabled users to trade copyrighted materials illegally. In 2001, Napster, Inc. offered the recording industry $1 billion to settle copyright infringement lawsuits, and a federal injunction requiring the company to block illegal downloads ultimately crippled the free song-swapping service...
...Unlike Napster and other similar programs, Zuckerberg said, Wirehog was not designed to allow for the illegal distribution of copyrighted materials. Rather, he said, he envisioned his site as a venue for friends to upload and share personal files, like pictures...
Though the band received minimal radio play while doing gigs in Boston and New York, the trio developed a dedicated underground following among teenagers thanks to the emergence of filesharing programs like Napster...
...person came up to me and said, ‘I’ve been listening to you through Napster and I haven’t bought a record in four years,’” Corrigan said. “I said to him, ‘You don’t get it. You’re killing us. Use it to expose music, turn your friends on to it. You’ve found something, now bust your ass to support...