Napster Archives - The Music Network https://themusicnetwork.com/tag/napster/ Music Industry News, Jobs & Charts Wed, 03 Jul 2024 05:15:01 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://images-r2.thebrag.com/tmn/uploads/tmn-favicon-32x32.png Napster Archives - The Music Network https://themusicnetwork.com/tag/napster/ 32 32 AI will Define the Next ‘Facebook’ of Music (Op-Ed) https://themusicnetwork.com/ai-define-next-facebook-music-op-ed/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:50:34 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/?p=128308 The future of AI in music will likely revolve around assistive tools that enhance rather than replace human creativity, explains OverTune's Sigurdur Arnason.

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MelodyVR to relaunch Napster as an immersive visual content & music streaming platform https://themusicnetwork.com/melodyvr-relaunch-napster/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:21:47 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/?p=90023 Guess who's back, back again? Napster's back, tell a friend.

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MelodyVR combines VR & streaming with $70m Napster purchase https://themusicnetwork.com/melodyvr-buys-napster/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 23:07:57 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/?p=83029 Napster’s catalogue will be available on MelodyVR.

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12 tech innovations music lovers don’t talk about any more https://themusicnetwork.com/tech-innovations-music-lovers-dont-talk-about/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:37:52 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/tech-innovations-music-lovers-dont-talk-about/ Cutting edge technology embraced by the music industry overnight can also become irrelevant overnight. But the tech sector is not always fussed, arguing that failure only leads to better inventions. Here are 12 tech advances that didn’t last the distance with music consumers. (1) MySpace Founded in 2003 in Beverly Hills, California, MySpace was the […]

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Forget Napster, it was iTunes that held the record industry to ransom https://themusicnetwork.com/forget-napster-it-was-itunes-that-held-the-record-industry-to-ransom/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 04:13:48 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/?p=62774 Apple was never invited into the music industry. They stormed in and started taking hostages.

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When Madonna leaked a fake version of her album to thwart pirates https://themusicnetwork.com/when-madonna-leaked-a-fake-version-of-her-album-to-thwart-pirates/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 01:30:47 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/when-madonna-leaked-a-fake-version-of-her-album-to-thwart-pirates/ In 2003, the fear that music piracy could derail the entire music industry was a very real one, and Madonna duped everyone by once releasing a fake version of her own album. Two years earlier, Metallica had won a landmark court case against Napster, but – just as clearing drug dealers from street corners only […]

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Queensrÿche’s Geoff Tate praises Lars Ulrich for standing up to Napster https://themusicnetwork.com/queensryche-geoff-tate-praises-lars-ulrich-napster/ Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:57:12 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/queensryche-geoff-tate-praises-lars-ulrich-napster/ It might be almost two decades since Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich led the campaign against digital piracy, but it appears the effects of the infamous Napster lawsuit are still on the minds of many in the music industry, with former Queensrÿche singer Geoff Tate praising Ulrich’s actions back in the day. In a recent interview […]

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammet says the group are “still right about Napster” https://themusicnetwork.com/metallica-kirk-hammet-still-right-about-napster/ Mon, 14 May 2018 07:04:15 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/metallica-kirk-hammet-still-right-about-napster/ Arguably one of the most historic moments in recent musical history would be the US court case of Metallica v. Napster, Inc. The case, which changed the way that digital music would be consumed from then on, was undoubtedly a controversial topic no matter which side you were on, but now, over 18 years since the […]

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Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has slammed illegal music downloaders https://themusicnetwork.com/iron-maiden-slam-illegal-music-downloaders/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 03:06:43 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/iron-maiden-slam-illegal-music-downloaders/ Remember Napster? The early file-sharing service that effectively gave rise to the advent of digital music piracy? Well, Iron Maiden’s frontman Bruce Dickinson certainly seems to, slamming the service, its creator, and those who partake in music piracy still in a new interview with German music blog Comebackstage. While Metallica’s hatred towards Napster was so […]

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Naptser co-founder Sean Parker leaves Spotify’s board after seven years https://themusicnetwork.com/naptser-co-founder-sean-parker-leaves-spotifys-board-seven-years/ Fri, 23 Jun 2017 01:28:21 +0000 https://themusicnetwork.com/naptser-co-founder-sean-parker-leaves-spotifys-board-seven-years/ Sean Parker has stepped down from Spotify’s Board of Directors, making way for four recent additions to the board. Parker joined Spotify in 2010, after purchasing a 5% stake of the company for a cool $15m. Back in the day, Parker co-founded Napster, before becoming the President of Facebook. You may remember him being played […]

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