Does Napster still exist after its 2001 falling out? Yes, and the company — which was re-branded to a music streaming service — was bought in 2025 for millions of dollars. The huge pay day for the ...

With the help of congressional lawmakers who oversaw copyright infringement settlement negotiations earlier this month, Napster has moved closer to a relaunch. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and ...

Months after shutting down its file-trading service, Napster has finally been displaced by four new applications that allow users to trade music, movies and software, a new study concludes. That's ...

A federal appeals court said Wednesday that a major European media company does not have to disclose its lawyers' private communications in connection with a $50 million loan to Napster in 2001. By ...

It's now over two years since a few underground song-swapping services put peer-to-peer technology firmly at the forefront of the IT agenda. Napster's little bout of legal trouble, which kicked off ...

Yes, Napster is still alive and kicking. The peer-to-peer file-sharing company that became synonymous with music piracy in the early 2000s was bought by a company called Infinite Reality Labs last ...

The original Napster went out of business in 2001 but, despite its short, fiery life and premature, litigation-fueled death, its brand has soldiered on throughout the years, thanks largely to newer ...

Bid to recover $1.3 million in legal fees fails. By Eriq Gardner Back in the stone age, there was this little company called Napster that completely upended the way that people consumed music. The ...