Editing Napster (section)

==Origin==
Napster was founded by [[Shawn Fanning]] and [[Sean Parker]].<ref>Name inspired by Shawn's high school nickname "Nappy" for his signature [[afro]].
*{{cite magazine |last=Pollack |first=Neal |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/12/mf-spotify/ |title=Spotify Is the Coolest Music Service You Can't Use |magazine=Wired |date=December 27, 2010 |access-date=December 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306141723/http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/mf_spotify/ |url-status=live }}
*Simon, Dan. [http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-27/tech/tech_social-media_adventures-sean-parker_1_sean-parker-shawn-fanning-napster?_s=PM:TECH Internet pioneer Sean Parker: 'I'm blazing a new path'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510085455/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-09-27/tech/tech_social-media_adventures-sean-parker_1_sean-parker-shawn-fanning-napster?_s=PM:TECH |date=May 10, 2012 }}. ''CNN''. September 27, 2011.
*{{cite book |last= Menn |first= Joseph |title= All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster |publisher= Crown Business |year= 2003 |isbn= 978-0-609-61093-0 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/allraverisefallo00menn }}
*Schonfeld, Erick. [https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/06/fanning-parker-airtime/ Shawn Fanning And Sean Parker Talk About Airtime And "Smashing People Together"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708012256/https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/06/fanning-parker-airtime/ |date=2017-07-08 }}. ''TechCrunch''. October 6, 2011.
*{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Ellen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/business/26sbiz.html |title=Student's Start-Up Draws Attention and $13 Million |work=The New York Times |date=May 26, 2005 |access-date=February 19, 2017 |archive-date=May 29, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529030744/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/business/26sbiz.html |url-status=live }}
*Bradshaw, Tim. [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/7a289b4e-249b-11df-8be0-00144feab49a.html#axzz1U5W8Lyq9 Spotify-MOG battle heats up] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018000834/http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/7a289b4e-249b-11df-8be0-00144feab49a.html#axzz1U5W8Lyq9 |date=2012-10-18 }}. ''Financial Times''. February 28, 2010.
*Emerson, Ramona. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/18/sean-parker-facebook-web-summit_n_1017918.html Sean Parker At Web 2.0 Summit Defends 'Creepy' Facebook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306092331/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/18/sean-parker-facebook-web-summit_n_1017918.html |date=2016-03-06 }}. ''The Huffington Post''. October 18, 2011.
*{{cite magazine|author=Kirkpatrick, David|title=With a Little Help From His Friends|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/10/sean-parker-201010?currentPage=all|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=July 1, 2011|date=October 2010|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628071313/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/10/sean-parker-201010?currentPage=all|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially, Napster was envisioned by Fanning as an independent [[peer-to-peer file sharing]] service. The service operated between June 1999 and July 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2000-08-14/napsters-high-and-low-notes |title=Napster's High and Low Notes |work=Businessweek |date=August 14, 2000 |access-date=2019-12-07 |archive-date=2019-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207132205/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2000-08-14/napsters-high-and-low-notes |url-status=live }}</ref> Its technology enabled people to easily share their [[MP3]] files with other participants.<ref>*{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/506309 |title=Consumer Gift Systems |year=2006 |last1=Giesler |first1=Markus |journal=Journal of Consumer Research |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=283–290|s2cid=144952559 }}</ref> Although the original service was shut down by court order, the Napster brand survived after the company's assets were liquidated and purchased by other companies through bankruptcy proceedings.<ref name=lives>{{cite news | last=Evangelista | first=Benny | title=Napster runs out of lives – judge rules against sale | date=September 4, 2002 | access-date=October 18, 2011 | newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle | url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Napster-runs-out-of-lives-judge-rules-against-2774278.php | archive-date=March 9, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309222141/https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Napster-runs-out-of-lives-judge-rules-against-2774278.php | url-status=live }}</ref>