What Filesharing Studies Really Say: Part 8 – Supply of Music Has Not Shrank Because of Napster Drew Wilson | March 17, 2016 This is part 8 of the republication of my meta-analysis on what file-sharing studies really say.
BPI Exec – Industry Shouldn’t Have Fought Napster Drew Wilson | June 27, 2009 It may have taken 10 years for one executive to come up with this revelation, but the head of the British Phonographic Industry, or BPI, has recently admitted that the industry shouldn’t have fought Napster, but rather, engaged it. Who knows? At this rate, maybe another executive will think that the industry should consider a …
10th Anniversary of Napster This Month Drew Wilson | June 9, 2009 Some may not know it, but June is an interesting month for file-sharer’s. This year, June marks a major milestone for file-sharers. It was June, 1999 when Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker released the first version of Napster – an application that has since changed the face of entertainment, the internet and copyright to name …
Best Buy to Acquire Napster 2.0 for $121 Million Drew Wilson | September 19, 2008 The news may have been missed by some, but there is word that Napster could very likely be sold to Best Buy for $121 Million.
Napster 2.0 Could Be Put on the Auction Block Drew Wilson | August 31, 2008 You’d think that with the passage of the Higher Education Act, which forces colleges and universities in the United States to block P2P and promote authorized music stores, that companies like Napster would have it made – obviously, that’s not the case.