<p>When Napster first came on the scene it was a revolutionary P2P application. It was used to widely distribute files in MP3 format. Then a number of musicians found their unreleased work being shared on Napster, including Dr. Dre and Metallica. Napster tried to navigate through the legal copyright waters but found that it simply couldn't. Let's peer back in time to look at a case that still reverberates nearly two decades later.</p>

When Napster first came on the scene it was a revolutionary P2P application. It was used to widely distribute files in MP3 format. Then a number of musicians found their unreleased work being shared on Napster, including Dr. Dre and Metallica. Napster tried to navigate through the legal copyright waters but found that it simply couldn't. Let's peer back in time to look at a case that still reverberates nearly two decades later.

The Rise and Fall of Napster

I talk about music. My own. Other peoples'. I interview other musicians, do retrospectives, and do a series about bad behavior in the music industry, e.g. the antics of The Sex Pistols and Ozzy Osborne. I also cover topics related to the music scene itself.

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The Rise and Fall of Napster

The Rise and Fall of Napster