Napster™
/ˈnæpstə(r)/
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- an internet music service started by Shawn Fanning and others in 1999 which allowed people to share MP3 music files and in February 2001 had 13.6 million users. It was shut down in 2001 for breaking copyright laws after legal action by record companies. The service reopened but went bankrupt in 2002. It combined with a company called Rhapsody and is now run as an online music subscription service.
Shawn Fanning等人于1999年启动的一项互联网音乐服务,允许人们共享MP3音乐文件,并于2001年2月拥有1,360万用户。在唱片公司采取法律行动之后,该公司因违反版权法而于2001年被关闭。该服务重新开放但在2002年破产。它与一家名为Rhapsody的公司合并,现在作为在线音乐订阅服务运行。