Difference between revisions of "Napster"
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[http://www.napster.com Napster]'s concept has inspired a whole generation of file-sharing applications. | [http://www.napster.com Napster]'s concept has inspired a whole generation of file-sharing applications. | ||
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'''NOTE:''' [[aMule]] is a '''separate''' project and is '''not''' related to [http://www.napster.com Napster] in any way. MOre over, [[aMule]] does '''not''' support this protocol. | '''NOTE:''' [[aMule]] is a '''separate''' project and is '''not''' related to [http://www.napster.com Napster] in any way. MOre over, [[aMule]] does '''not''' support this protocol. | ||
Revision as of 07:05, 23 July 2004
Napster was developped in May 1999 by Shawn Fanning for people to share music files over the his school's network. The program turned into a real phenomena and turned MP3 into a standard digutal music format.
Napster came under legal trouble and was and it's central server was shut down by court order due to copyrighted material being shared on it's network.
The program was bought by Bertelsmann AG (BMG) and is undergoing a new commercial stragety.
Napster's concept has inspired a whole generation of file-sharing applications.
An open source project, OpenNapster, is being nowadays activly developped in order to continue the Napster saga.
NOTE: aMule is a separate project and is not related to Napster in any way. MOre over, aMule does not support this protocol.
