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What would be the impact of DRM-free music?: Last week Apples Steve Jobs called on the record industry to drop DRM and adopt a more open approach to the distribution of music. Then rumors started to circulate that EMI was in talks with Snocap, a company founded by Napster creator Shawn Fanning, to release music in MP3...; Tags: DRM, music, digital-rights management; Blog posts 2007-02-12
Napster for sale: In late 1999, an 18 year old college dropout named Shawn Fanning stayed up 60 hours straight. That's not too unusual for an 18 year old, except during that time he coded a revolutionary music sharing system called Napster. His creation was an instant hit, with thousands of users within...; Tags: Napster Inc., 18-Year-Old; Blog posts 2006-09-22
Napster's ironic pitch: Napster.com is buying costly full–page print ads to simply say “Napster.com is now free”. It is ironic that a brand known for building a free, online peer-to-peer music file sharing viral network, is now using paid print-media The Village Voice to drive people online to use a music service that...; Tags: Napster Inc.; Blog posts 2006-05-18