25 多年前，Napster曾让音乐行业陷入混乱，如今它正以 2.07 亿美元的价格被收购。收购方是无限现实（Infinite Reality）公司，该公司计划创建虚拟 3D 空间，让乐迷们能够一起欣赏音乐会或举办听歌派对。无限现实公司首席执行官约翰・阿库托（John ...

File-sharing phenomenon Napster just announced its latest act with a $207 million deal that has some millennials scratching ...

Since 2016, Napster has been operating as a (legal) streaming service. It claims to have over 110 million high-fidelity tracks, with some supporting lossless audio. Napster subscribers can also listen ...

Napster was the best-known of the peer-to-peer music services. Founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker in 1999, it became ...

Napster has been sold to immersive technology company Infinite Reality, are aiming to bring it back as a streaming service and virtual concert space. View on euronews ...

Later that year, Napster was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) over the illegal distribution of copyrighted materials, and Metallica infamously sued the platform in 2000.

Infinite Reality appears to have big plans for the streaming music service that revolutionized the industry in the early 2000s.

Napster was launched in 1999 by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker and quickly became the first significant peer-to-peer file-sharing application. It shuttered in early 2000s after the record industry and ...

After a series of piracy lawsuits by music industry figures, including heavy metal band Metallica, Napster ended its file-sharing operations in 2001.

The record industry quickly took aim at Napster, accusing the company of allowing people to share pirated files. Heavy metal band Metallica sued Napster, and was followed by the Recording Industry ...

Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Napster faced several lawsuits from musical artists and record labels, including rock band Metallica, rapper and producer Dr. Dre, A&M Records and the ...