In April 2000, Lars Ulrich launched his vocal campaign against file-sharing service Napster. After discovering that Metallica’s entire back catalogue could be found on the service he could hardly contain his anger and by July 2000 he was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Of cou...

Download to Computer, iPhone, or iPod If you are curious to know whether the video industry is at the threshold of “Napsterization� much like the record label business was ten years ago, this video is for you. It is hard to believe that it was fully ten years ago that Shawn Fanning unleashed Nap...

The Isle of Man, a small self-governing subsidiary of the United Kingdom with perhaps the coolest flag ever (see above), is proposing a new law that would allow its residents immunity from prosecution for illegal downloading of copyrighted material. Each citizen would be forced to pay a monthly 1 Po...

First it was YouTube vs. Viacom in a battle that is still going to this day. Now Warner Music enters the ring, insisting that any music from Warner artists be muted from YouTube clips or, in any cases, the clips have been removed altogether. This includes informal performances by kids on their perso...

Filed under: Deals, Rumors Shares of Napster (NASDAQ: NAPS) rose more than 27% on Friday on speculation that the online seller of MP3s could be a takeover target at its current depressed share price. The bullish case is easy to understand. The Napster name and site must be worth something and, befor...

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///For those of you who buy some music from Napster, you will no longer have to worry about DRM. The music pioneer-cum-boring music store also raised the pit rate to 256kpbs. [Thanks, Aversion] ///The Specials have resolved some of their......

You almost have to feel sorry for the mainstream music industry. Almost. The major labels have teamed up with Napster to offer what they are calling “the world’s largest and most comprehensive MP3 store.” Yep - the labels are so intent on breaking Apple’s dominance in the world o...

Sean Parker has had a hand in some of the Valley's biggest successes. His first company, Napster, took the world by storm, but didn't make Parker rich. His second, Plaxo, just sold to Comcast. And his third, Facebook — well, say no more. Except for the bit about him getting kicked out, accordi...

Rolling Stone has an interesting interview with Metallica’s Lars Ulrich that touches on the state of Metal, the band’s fight against Napster, how they are using digital music and trying to learn from Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails: You were one of the first artists to sue over copyright i...