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2. LimeWire - Wikipedia

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   LimeWire was a free peer-to-peer file sharing client for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris. [ 1] Created by Mark Gorton [ 2][ 3][ 4] in 2000, it was most prominently a tool used for the download and distribution of pirated materials, particularly pirated music. [ 5] In 2007, LimeWire was estimated to be installed on over one-third of all ...

3. Napster - Wikipedia

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   Napster was an American peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing application primarily associated with digital audio file distribution. Founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, the platform originally launched on June 1, 1999. Audio shared on the service was typically encoded in the MP3 format. As the software became popular, the company encountered ...

4. Timeline of file sharing - Wikipedia

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   Using connections inside record companies, they rip pre-release music CDs, and make the mp3's available for others to download. [13] Mirabilis developed ICQ a chat client for Windows that can do file transfers up to 2 GBs. 1997 – Scour Inc. is founded by five UCLA Computer Science students. Early products provide file search and download ...

5. How Napster created a monster that became bigger than the ...

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   Apple’s Steve Jobs had pushed a similar bargain for digital music — a clean interface where users could download individual songs for 99 cents. Read more:The U.S. might ban TikTok. Record ...

6. Finding DRM-Free Music Online | TechCrunch

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   On Tuesday, Wal-Mart began offering 256kbps MP3 versions of much of its music for 94 cents per track or $9.22 per album. These DRM-free offerings are in addition to Wal-Mart’s previous 128kbps ...

7. Music piracy - Wikipedia

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   There have been several means of free access to copyrighted music for the general public including Napster, Limewire, and Spotify. Napster was a free file sharing software created by college student Shawn Fanning to enable people to share and trade music files in mp3 format. Napster became hugely popular because it made it so easy to share and ...