Napster
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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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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.
From Los Angeles Times
Napster forever changed the music industry even though its business model was ultimately deemed illegal.
Then Napster arrived with online file sharing.
Lawsuits eventually drove Napster into bankruptcy, and the era of totally free music came to an end.
“I say: You have a Super Bowl ad; this is crazy. At some point, they have to ask themselves: Do they want to be Napster or Spotify?”
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