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Napster

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35 articles accelerating

Napster has appeared in 35 articles since 2015-03. Coverage peaked in 2023Q4 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Spotify, Mastodon, Bluesky, U.S..

Articles
35
mentions
Velocity
+100.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+1.500
velocity change
Sources
23
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-10-03
404 Media 7 related

OpenAI's Sora 2 generates copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips featuring SpongeBob, Pokémon, Mario, Rick and Morty, and Star Wars

From Dildo Ads to Furry CEOs Alex Mahadevan / Poynter : My journey into the artificial world of Sora 2 X: Paul Yacoubian / @paulyacoubian : Just found out if you try to delete your Sora app account yo...

2025-08-24
The Guardian 6 related

Sources: in a meeting with UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, Sam Altman proposed giving ChatGPT Plus to everyone in the UK, a deal that would have cost £2B

“we'll give your entire country chatgpt plus for £2bn.  please???”  —  also, fuck you peter kyle for even taking this meeting. Mateusz Fafinski / @calthalas : Two billion for country-wide access to Ch...

2024-06-25
The Verge 48 related

The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement”

here's what it means Ben's Bites : Major labels are suing AI music startups Suno and Udio Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak : RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright Markus Ka...

2023-12-31
Marcus on AI 8 related

OpenAI and others will likely face more copyright lawsuits as systems like DALL-E produce copyright-infringing materials without attribution or informing users

including movie, TV, and computer game scenes and characters.  Reductio ad absurdam: trademark-infringing output from a two word prompt ("animated toys"): https://garymarcus.substack.com/ ... … Neil B...

2023-12-30
Marcus on AI 6 related

OpenAI and others will likely face more copyright lawsuits as systems like DALL-E produce copyright-infringing materials without attribution or informing users

A full of spectrum of infringement  —  At around the same time as news of the New York Times lawsuit vs OpenAI broke … Threads: @carnage4life and @thebrianpenny Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop , @ar...

2023-12-28
New York Times 95 related

The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue

community responds Gaurav Girotra / Tech in Asia : NYT files copyright suit against OpenAI, Microsoft Jacob Oliver / CryptoSlate : New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringem...

2023-10-25
The Verge 1 related

Q&A with Harvard law professor and Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig on AI's impact on social media and free speech, copyright use, TikTok, and more

After 30 years teaching law, the internet policy legend is as worried as you'd think about AI and TikTok … Mastodon: @michellemanafy@journa.host . LinkedIn: Andrei Nicolae Cuta , Rick Lane , and Paul ...

2023-02-02
Vox

A brief look at several lawsuits challenging generative AI tools and what music labels suing Napster but making peace with Spotify tells us about the future

What can Napster tell us about the future?  —  That was quick: Artificial intelligence has gone from science fiction to novelty to Thing We Are Sure Is the Future. Tweets: @pkafka Tweets: Peter Kafka ...

2020-08-27
Skift

A few lessons for the events industry from digital turning points in music, video, and news industries, as Zoom transforms events like Napster changed music

All types of business events are in danger of their revenue streams of tickets, sponsorships, memberships, and other types of fees being eroded. Tweets: @waxy , @ruudwjanssen , @rashmi , @chr1sa , @ck...

2019-01-01
The Next Web

Inside digital music piracy and sharing in the 2000s via P2P networks like Napster, LimeWire, Gnutella, as well as IRC and internet music service Audiogalaxy

Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web :

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Quarterly Coverage

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TEXXR tracks 21 Techmeme articles mentioning Napster, dating back to March 2015. The biggest stories include Prince's Warner Music catalog returning Sunday to subscription-streaming services,... and Prince's Warner Music catalog returning Sunday to subscription-streaming services,.... Frequently covered alongside Spotify, Rhapsody, Infinite Reality, and Apple Music.

Key Moments

2025Q4enterprise -50pts; funding +50pts

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