July 2, 2001: Napster Shut Down

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Day in Tech History

Jeffrey Powers

21 episodes

4 months ago

I love history. That is why I started Day in Technology History podcast. It's a Daily rundown of events in science, tech and geek news. Find out what was released, in a chronological order. This Podcast is produced 7 days a week, 365 days a year. www.dayintechhistory.com

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July 2, 2001: Napster Shut Down

Day in Tech History

6 minutes 36 seconds

4 months ago

July 2, 2001: Napster Shut Down

Napster, the file sharing service (started by John & Shawn Fanning, and Sean Parker) that was up since 1999, had a series of trials and tribulations until 2001. After lengthy legal battles with artists like Madonna and Metallica, Napster began to realize their business model is not going to work. They shut down the entire network to […]