July, 2001: After two years, file-sharing site Napster is shut down by court order.
September, 2001: XM begins satellite radio service in the U.S., followed by Sirius a year later.
October, 2001: Apple launches the iPod.
April, 2003: Apple opens its iTunes store.
February, 2005: Three PayPal employees launch the video-sharing site YouTube, reviving the music video and inventing a new kind of online fame.
December, 2006: Metropolitan Opera begins live HD broadcasts of performances at New York's Lincoln Centre in movie theatres around the world.
October, 2007: Radiohead releases In Rainbows on its website, asking that fans pay what they think the album is worth.
November, 2009: Apple Corps and EMI release a special edition of the entire recorded works of The Beatles on a single USB flash drive. Sales of CDs continue their decade-long decline.
