It doesn't take much these days to elevate a technology to hot-button status, complete with its own lingo and a catchy buzzword. After a few swiped songs, nifty names such as Napster and MP3 pop up.

COMMENTARY--Peer-to-peer (P2P) content distribution may be the biggest fad to hit computing since the explosion of the Web. Popularized by the infamous Napster, P2P file sharing lets users' PCs act as ...

SAN FRANCISCO--In a dimly lit hotel ballroom here Friday, Stanford University law professor Lawrence Lessig, best known for his role in the Microsoft antitrust case, slipped into the role of a digital ...

Bertelsmann AG has agreed to pay music publishers $130 million to settle a copyright infringement case brought on by the German media giant's deal with the Napster P2P company. By Brooks Boliek, The ...

After years as the No. 1 enemy of the recording industry, Napster founder Shawn Fanning is launching a company with hopes of taking peer-to-peer networks legit. Snocap will work with music labels and ...

In brief: Ownership of Napster is changing hands once again. The company, which started life as a peer-to-peer file sharing service more than 25 years ago, is being purchased by Infinite Reality for ...

On Monday morning, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco made it official: Lars Ulrich has something to smile about. According to the 58-page opinion issued by the court, the MP3 ...

If you have ever counted down the hours as your (often illegal) music file downloaded, then you probably remember the heady days of Napster and Lime Wire, as peer to peer file sharing was the norm. As ...

Bertelsmann AG has agreed to pay music publishers $130 million to settle a copyright infringement case brought on by the German media giant's deal with the Napster P2P company. By Brooks Boliek, The ...

SAN FRANCISCO --Napster may be on its deathbed-- or at least in need of medical attention -- but its legacy of popularizing peer-to-peer (P2P) networking will probably only grow stronger in 2001.

Amid all the hubbub about Napster, few people seem to be asking the question that will truly determine if this company changes the music world: Is this a good business? You know about the copyright ...