Amaya Toman Although the history of some companies and entities is relatively short, it is all the more significant. This was also the case with Napster - the Internet company under whose wings the controversial peer-to-peer service of the same name was born. What were they like? the beginnings of Napster?
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Za emergence Napster services stood Shaw Fanning a Sean Parker. Napster, which started its activity in 1999, was not the only sharing service on the Internet at the time. Compared to its "competitors" at the time, however, it stood out with its pleasant and user-friendly interface and its exclusive focus on music files in mp3 format. At first, only PC owners with the operating system could enjoy Napster Windows, in 2000 the company came Black Hole Media with a client called Macster, which was later bought by Napster and turned into the official Napster client for Macs. She stripped it of its original name and distributed it under the title Napster for Mac.
It wasn't unusual for her to pop up on Napster from time to time composition or the whole album even before its release. A number of interpreters expressed concern that the free download option would not be negatively affected sales their recordings. In this context, the case of the band is interesting Radiohead – tracks from her upcoming album Kid A appeared on Napster three months before official release. The band had never cracked the US Top 20 until then. Kid A free download estimated million people around the world, and no one predicted any great success for him. In October of the year 2000 but the album was placed on the first rung of the chart Billboard 200 best-selling albums, and according to some she had this success influence precisely the possibility of "tasting" songs via Napster.
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In its heyday, Napster boasted 80 million registered users. For them, the service became above all a great place where they could get old or rare recordings, or recordings from live performances. As Napster grew in popularity among users, so did problems. In many college dormitories, Napster was blocked because it overloaded their networks. Over time, however, legal obstacles arose in connection with Napster.
In April of the year 2000 the band came out strongly against Napster Metallica. Similar to the aforementioned Radiohead, her music appeared on Napster before the official release. "Napster took our music without asking," stated drummer Lars Ulrich before the Congress in July of the year 2000. "They never asked us for permission. In short, our music catalog became available for free download on Napster”. She also spoke out against Napster recording companies association of america and many others. The idea of music being accessible to all seemed absolutely brilliant to a lot of people, the law but he spoke plainly and Napster lost the lawsuit.
Napster he ended free music distribution in July of the year 2001. Performers and copyright owners have been paid by service operators tens of millions of dollars, and turned their service into a monthly subscription-based platform. However, Napster in its new form did not meet with much success, and in 2002 he said bankruptcy. In September of the year 2008 Napster was bought by an American company Best Buy, a few years later the company took him under its wing Rhapsody.
Although Napster did not go in a very good direction, it paved the way for future streaming services and contributed significantly to the new shape of the music industry.
Sources: PCWorld, CNN, Rolling Stone, The Verge,
