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A protest at Stanford against the ultra-restrictive copyright law generates little heat and sparse attendance.
By Damien Cave
May 19, 2000
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30,000 users of the MP3 trading service claim the band misidentified them.
By Janelle Brown
May 16, 2000
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Metallica's pursuit of Napster inspires protests and parodies across the Web.
By David Cassel
May 15, 2000
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At the fourth annual Webby Awards, more fun with springs and short speeches.
By Carina Chocano
May 12, 2000
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"Metallica did the ultimate in uncool acts." Plus: Do Buchanan petitioners' ends justify their means? And: Life after an ileostomy.
May 11, 2000
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The music-swapping software company uses the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to protect fans from being unduly blocked from its service.
By Janelle Brown
May 10, 2000
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Metallica became a sensation as fans traded its tapes for free. Now they're suing Napster for doing the same thing.
By Brian Lew
May 9, 2000
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Napster lost its first round in court. But with both sides of the lawsuit depending on the murky Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the war is far from over.
By Eric Boehlert
May 9, 2000
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Napster CEO Eileen Richardson is walking on sunshine. But with lawsuits piling up, is she really dancing on a grave?
By Damien Cave
May 8, 2000
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RIAA chief Hilary Rosen defends the music industry's recent litigation against Napster and MP3.com.
By Janelle Brown
May 1, 2000
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Liberty and Napster for all? Plus: Gore's duplicity on the environment; Tony Rice tops Jerry Garcia on "The Pizza Tapes."
April 28, 2000
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In which a British artiste of minor repute salutes his very heavy colleagues for their intrepid bravery in suing Napster.
By John Perry
April 24, 2000
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The battle over the much-maligned software heats up as artists begin to take sides.
By Eric Boehlert
April 24, 2000
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A once outspoken supporter of the controversial music-swapping
software switches his allegiance, as musicians strike back at Napster.
By Eric Boehlert
April 18, 2000
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The Napster wars continue Plus: Can vegetarians and meat eaters get along? Do you really want to live forever?
April 3, 2000
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Fans have already embraced new music-distribution technologies. Musicians can fight them or join them.
By Scott Rosenberg
March 30, 2000
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Does Napster rob artists? Plus: The secret lives of spokescharacters; switching race on the census.
March 28, 2000
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To many musicians, the MP3 trading software isn't a revolution -- it's a rip-off.
By Eric Boehlert
March 24, 2000
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High-speed access is great -- but it doesn't turn the Internet back into TV.
By Scott Rosenberg
March 17, 2000
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Nullsoft's engineers released a Napster clone without America Online's permission. The media got a peek and then the site was gone.
By Janelle Brown
March 15, 2000
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A bandwidth management tool may help lift a ban on MP3-sharing software imposed by colleges across the country.
By Janelle Brown
March 8, 2000
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A lawsuit asks if the litigious Recording Industry Association of America is sabotaging MP3.com's business.
By Janelle Brown
February 9, 2000
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Why the French can have their cake and eat it too; Plus: Napster is good for consumers but bad for recording artists.
Letters to the editor
February 8, 2000
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A little MP3 file-sharing program outlines the shape of things to come in the music industry -- and it's not what the big labels think.
By Scott Rosenberg
February 4, 2000
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The tiny Napster is shaking the music industry to its foundation.
By Janelle Brown
February 3, 2000
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