Napster

Napster and the copyright

The beginning of illegal sharing

Presented by Hennecart Jérémy

Summary

• Introduction of Napster• The copyright• A timeline• The impact on the world• Conclusion

Napster’s origins

• Created in 1999• Shawn Fanning, John Fanning and Sean Parker• File sharing service

Napster’s history

• Sharing files of music• 80 million users• 4 types of users

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Find old music

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Napster

• Private message

• Library sharing

• Chat room

Copyright on internet

• End of Napster in 2001• Roxio• Explosion of the illegal sharing

What’s copyright ?

Timeline

1998 20171999 2001 2002 2006 2010 2015

Creation of Napster01-06-1999

Napster shutdown its network07-2001

Creation of BitTorrent07-2002

Creation of t41102-01-2006

LimeWire stops his service27-10-2010

Partial blockage of t411 in France02-2015

Today

Explosion of illegal sharingExpansion of LimeWire

08-2001

BiTorrent, t411, … still run08-2001

Hadopi12-2009

The impact of the world

• Huge economic losses• Many unemployed people• Impact the life• Expansion of the music world

Risk of illegal sharing/downloading

• 3 years of jail• 300 000 euro of fines

Conclusion

Thanks for

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