- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- Mon Dec 2 2002 File swapping in the legal crosshairs
A federal court is set to hear arguments that could derail Hollywood and record labels' lawsuit against popular song-swapping companies--or point to their demise.
Posted by John Borland
- 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
- Mon Apr 7 2008 As expected, Imeem bails out Snocap by acquiring it
Snocap might have axed half its workforce last year, but still, the Shawn Fanning-founded company had developed technology appealing to the social-media network.
Posted by Caroline McCarthy
- Fri Jun 22 2001 Napster lifts some song-swapping limits
A new version of Napster's software allows customers to find many songs that recently disappeared from its file-swapping service.
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 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