Today's Feel-Old Moment: Napster Turns 10 This Week
In case you weren't feeling old today, I present to you this little bit of trivia. Napster, the headphoned kitty cat that opened the door for many casual surfers still trying to figure out "this World Wide Web thing," will hit its 10th anniversary of public release this week. The Alternative Addiction blog takes a look at the impact this file sharing pioneer had on the web.
In case you weren't feeling old today, I present to you this little bit of trivia. Napster, the headphoned kitty cat that opened the door for many casual surfers still trying to figure out "this World Wide Web thing," will hit its 10th anniversary of public release this week. The Alternative Addiction blog takes a look at the impact this file sharing pioneer had on the web.
While there is no denying that the program infringed on copyright and licensing laws, it's often forgotten just how influential the program was on the industry and world we live in today. So rather than beat a dead horse and discuss the legality of the program, we thought it would be more interesting to look at some of the widespread effects the program had.
