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November 25, 2002: Roxio Purchased Napster
<img width="1767" height="454" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Napster" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1.jpg 1767w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-300x77.jpg 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-1024x263.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1767px) 100vw, 1767px" />
<img decoding="async" width="300" height="77" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-300x77.jpg" alt="Napster" class="wp-image-20298" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-300x77.jpg 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-1024x263.jpg 1024w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1.jpg 1767w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Napster
2002 – While in Bankruptcy since the following September, Roxio – along with the Private Media Group – came in and took over the $2.43 million dollar company. They took all logos and names and rebranded it “Napster 2.0”. This time, Napster was a pay site – merging technologies with Roxio Pressplay.The sale completed in 2003Ultimately, the company was purchased by Best Buy in 2008.
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<img width="1767" height="454" data-tf-not-load src="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" alt="Napster" decoding="async" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1.jpg 1767w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-300x77.jpg 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-1024x263.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1767px) 100vw, 1767px" />
<img decoding="async" width="300" height="77" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-300x77.jpg" alt="Napster" class="wp-image-20298" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-300x77.jpg 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1-1024x263.jpg 1024w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/25966-hi-napster1.jpg 1767w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Napster
2002 – While in Bankruptcy since the following September, Roxio – along with the Private Media Group – came in and took over the $2.43 million dollar company. They took all logos and names and rebranded it “Napster 2.0”. This time, Napster was a pay site – merging technologies with Roxio Pressplay.The sale completed in 2003Ultimately, the company was purchased by Best Buy in 2008.
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- ICANN and the US Commerce Memorandum of Understanding
- Playboy files suit against Rusty n Edie’s BBS
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