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2. Music piracy - Wikipedia

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   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 download music files. However, the heavy metal band Metallica sued the company for copyright infringement. [11]

3. Online piracy - Wikipedia

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   qBittorrent is one of the most widely used torrenting programs due to its free and open-source nature. Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music, movies or software. [1] [2]

4. Timeline of file sharing - Wikipedia

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   Sony BMG opens up their music catalog for sale over internet DRM-free, the last music company to allow this. [101] January 10 – A trademark claiming the name Shareaza is filled by Discordia Ltd. [102] March 24 – TorrentSpy shuts down citing hostile legal climate. [103] April 11 – Demonoid comes back online.

5. Software cracking - Wikipedia

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   Software cracking contributes to the rise of online piracy where pirated software is distributed to end-users [2] through filesharing sites like BitTorrent, One click hosting (OCH), or via Usenet downloads, or by downloading bundles of the original software with cracks or keygens. [4] Some of these tools are called keygen, patch, loader, or no ...

6. 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 ...

7. Legal issues with BitTorrent - Wikipedia

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   In December 2004, Finnish police raided Finreactor, a major BitTorrent site. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Seven system administrators and four others were ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of euros in damages . The defendants appealed the case all the way to the Supreme Court of Finland , but failed to overturn the verdict. [ 5 ]