A Short History of Napster
What Was Napster Originally? Napster had a very different face when it first came into existence in 1999. The developers of the original Napster launched the service as a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing internet. At the height of Napster’s popularity, approximately 80 million users were registered on its web connection. All of this was done essentially without copyright approvals, which made most of its activities illegal. The bankruptcy court overseeing the liquidation of Napster’s assets approved the purchase in 2002....