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2. LimeWire - Wikipedia

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   LimeWire was a free peer-to-peer file sharing client for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris. [ 1] Created by Mark Gorton [ 2][ 3][ 4] in 2000, it was most prominently a tool used for the download and distribution of pirated materials, particularly pirated music. [ 5] In 2007, LimeWire was estimated to be installed on over one-third of all ...

3. Timeline of file sharing - Wikipedia

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   September 1997 – Windows Media Player 6.1 includes support for mp3 playback for the first time. November 1997 – MP3.com is founded by Michael Robertson and Greg Flores. [18] Initially an FTP search engine, MP3.com becomes a hosting service for unsigned artists. It serves 4 million audio file downloads per day at its peak and becomes the ...

4. Music piracy - Wikipedia

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   Napster became hugely popular because it made it so easy to share and download music files. However, the heavy metal band Metallica sued the company for copyright infringement. [11] This led to other artists following suit and shutting down Napster's service. Likewise, Limewire was a free peer-to-peer file sharing software similar to that of ...

5. FrostWire - Wikipedia

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   FrostWire is a free and open-source BitTorrent client first released in September 2004, as a fork of LimeWire. It was initially very similar to LimeWire in appearance and functionality, but over time developers added more features, including support for the BitTorrent protocol. In version 5, support for the Gnutella network was dropped entirely ...

6. BearShare - Wikipedia

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   The principal operators of Free Peers, Inc. were Vincent Falco and Louis Tatta. [2] Bearshare was launched on December 4, 2000 as a Gnutella-based peer-to-peer file sharing application with innovative features that eventually grew to include IRC, a free library of software and media called BearShare Featured Artists, online help pages and a support forum integrated as dedicated web browser ...

7. How Napster created a monster that became bigger than the ...

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   Faced with new piracy sites like Limewire and Gnutella, the labels chose Apple and iTunes. Coupled with the 2001 launch of the iPod, a portable MP3 player with room for (gasp!) 1,000 songs, the ...