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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. Online piracy - Wikipedia

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   The release of Napster in 1999 caused a rapid upsurge in online piracy of music, films and television, though it always maintained a focus on music in the MP3 format. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It allowed users to share content via peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and was one of the first mainstream uses of this distribution methods as it made it easy for ...

4. Metallica v. Napster, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   In a 2000 study, it was shown that users of Napster who download free music actually spent more money on music. [20] In another study, it was proposed that by downloading free music, users are able to sample new music and find new tastes, which may lead to increased sales. [21] Several artists also supported Napster and used the service for ...

5. 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 ...

6. Music download - Wikipedia

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   The iTunes Store accessed via a mobile phone, showing Pink Floyd's eighth studio album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone.

7. College football player raped underage teen on Carnival ...

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   A college football player with a history of sexual assault raped a 17-year-old girl aboard a Carnival Cruise ship as she was celebrating the holidays with her family — before heartlessly asking ...