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  2. List of music sharing websites - Wikipedia

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    Name Launched Tracks Type Users Genres Headquarters Amazon Music Unlimited: 2016 2000000 Trial-ware — General United States: Apple Music: 2015 45000000

  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.

  4. Metallica v. Napster, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Metallica traced the leak to a file on Napster's peer-to-peer file-sharing network, where the band's entire catalogue was available for free download. [5] Metallica argued that Napster was enabling users to exchange copyrighted MP3 files. [6] Metallica sought a minimum of $10 million in damages, at a rate of $100,000 per illegally downloaded ...

  5. Peer-to-peer file sharing - Wikipedia

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    Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology. P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the desired content. [1]

  6. A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    A number of file-sharing networks surfaced in Napster's wake, including Morpheus, Grokster, and KaZaA, many of which faced their own legal challenges over infringing behavior by their users. [10] In 2005, MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. was heard by the Supreme Court and is considered by many to be the sequel to the Napster case, addressing ...

  7. File sharing - Wikipedia

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    File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, ... The mp3 encoding, ...

  8. Legal aspects of file sharing - Wikipedia

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    In Germany, file sharing of copyrighted files, for example through peer-to-peer software like BitTorrent, is illegal. Internet service providers routinely transmit the identity of IP address owners to private lawyer firms who are then able to send "cease and desist" letters often demanding the offender to pay €1,000 fines or more.

  9. 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]