- Thu Mar 3 2005 Record deal for Fanning's swap service
Napster founder's Snocap, aiming to turn file-trading into song sales, gains another music industry ally.
Posted by John Borland
- Fri Mar 13 2009 Teen Muziic founder: Shawn Fanning is my hero
Odds are long that 15-year-old David Nelson can navigate past bigger competitors and a tangle of copyright laws. But he's betting YouTube will recognize a good thing when it sees one.
Posted by Greg Sandoval
- Fri Dec 3 2004 New swap shop for Napster founder
newsmakerShawn Fanning is back in business, and he's talking about his new vision of label-approved file trading.
Posted by John Borland
- Mon Jun 27 2005 The evolution of file swapping
Four generations of file swapping have laid the groundwork for the Supreme Court decision.
Posted by John Borland
- Fri Jan 23 2004 Napster's Fanning has Snocap-ped vision
Napster creator Shawn Fanning is working on new venture aiming to help record labels make money from file swapping.
Posted by John Borland and Stefanie Olsen
- Mon Jan 26 2004 Napster's Fanning has Snocap-ped vision
Shawn Fanning, creator of the once notorious song-swap service, is working on new venture aiming to help record labels make money from file swapping.
Posted by John Borland and Stefanie Olsen
- Fri May 17 2002 Bertelsmann to buy Napster for a song
Napster CEO Konrad Hilbers and Shawn Fanning, the service's creator, will remain with the company after resigning earlier in the week. Napster's going price: $8 million.
Posted by Jim Hu
- Wed Mar 3 2004 File-swap 'killer' grabs attention
RIAA protege Audible Magic offers lawmakers a convincing demonstration. Is this it for downloading music online and peer-to-peer networks like Kazaa?
Posted by John Borland
- Wed Sep 28 2005 Congress to legislate file swapping?
California senator issues peer-to-peer ultimatum: "Either it's going to be legal, or it isn't going to exist."
Posted by Anne Broache
- Mon Oct 29 2001 Europeans lower volume on song swaps
The number of people sharing files over the Net using peer-to-peer systems has almost halved since Napster stopped allowing song trades, according to a new study.
Posted by CNET News.com Staff