Editing Napster (section)

== In popular media ==
* There have been several books that document the experiences of people working at Napster, including:
** Joseph Menn's ''All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster''<ref name="amazon.com">{{cite news| isbn=0609610937 | title=All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster| last1=Menn| first1=Joseph| year=2003| publisher=Crown Business}}</ref> 
** John Alderman's ''Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music''<ref>{{cite book|author=John Alderman |title=Sonic boom: Napster, MP3, and the new pioneers of music |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780738204055 |url-access=registration |access-date=January 29, 2011 |date=August 8, 2001 |publisher=Perseus Pub. |isbn=978-0-7382-0405-5}}</ref> 
** Steve Knopper's ''Appetite for Self Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age''.<ref>[http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/02/napster-wounds-the-giant/ Napster wounds the giant : Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601174922/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/02/napster-wounds-the-giant/ |date=2009-06-01 }}. The Rocky Mountain News (January 5, 2009). Retrieved on January 29, 2011.</ref>
* The 2003 film ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]'' features Napster co-founder [[Shawn Fanning]] in a cameo as himself. This gave credence to one character's fictional back-story as the original "Napster".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://seclists.org/isn/2003/Jun/46|title=Information Security News: Napster founder has cameo role in 'Italian Job'|website=seclists.org|access-date=2018-03-27|archive-date=2018-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212141/http://seclists.org/isn/2003/Jun/46|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* The 2010 film ''[[The Social Network]]'' features Napster co-founder [[Sean Parker]] (played by [[Justin Timberlake]]) in the rise of the popular website [[Facebook]].<ref name="vanityfair">Kirkpatrick, David. [https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/10/sean-parker-201010 With a Little Help From His Friends] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121060241/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/10/sean-parker-201010 |date=2015-01-21 }}. ''Vanity Fair''. October 2010.</ref> 
* The 2013 film ''[[Downloaded (film)|Downloaded]]'' is a documentary about sharing media on the Internet and includes the history of Napster.
* The 2024 film ''How Music Got Free'', a documentary based on the non-fiction book ''[[How Music Got Free]]'' mentions file sharing on the Internet with mentions of Napster and other applications.