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At the end of the 1990s, as technology improved and internet access soared, the online realm opened up like a new frontier, full of untold possibility and peril. For purveyors of creative media, it ...

The early 2000s brought a revolution in terms of how music was consumed and forever changed the music industry. At the middle of that transition was Metallica, who found themselves a very public face ...

Napster was a file-sharing service that allowed users to download music tracks for free. The recording industry sued to have Napster shut down, and the company went into bankruptcy in 2002. Napster ...

Heavy metal rock band Metallica has sued three universities and Napster — whose software lets users trade music files on the Internet — for allegedly encouraging students to pirate the band's music.

Time may be running out for University students to freely download MP3s over the Internet, especially from services such as Napster. Lawyers for Metallica and Dr. Dre — two of the loudest critics of ...

The news on Tuesday that Napster had been sold for $207 million sparked disbelief as millennials experienced a hearty dose of nostalgia. The controversial OG music-sharing platform, founded in 1999 by ...