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Download Decade

Part 1

Thank you, Napster

Shawn Fanning's creation turned a trickle into a torrent. Technology reporter MATT HARTLEY interviews Fanning 10 years later Apr 22, 2009 5:11PM EDT 0 0

Part 2

How the iPod changed everything

While pirates bled the music industry, other businesses rode the tide and collected the booty May 12, 2009 4:10PM EDT 0 0

Part 3

If piracy is wrong, why does it feel so right?

The file-sharing debate is part of a larger conflict over who ‘owns’ culture and ideas, writes lvor Tossell May 15, 2009 9:31PM EDT 0 0

Part 4

New media, old rules

Canadian lawmakers resist strong international pressure to rework copyright laws last updated in the age before Napster May 18, 2009 9:42PM EDT 0 0

Part 5

Up next, the mobile decade

Web-enabled smart phones are allowing users to skip the PC experience and get access to content whenever, wherever, they want May 20, 2009 11:57PM EDT 0 0

Latest In Download Decade

Ottawa gets tough with illegal downloaders

Amendments to copyright law that slap fines on music and movie pirates are met with criticism from artists, industry and consumers Jun 13, 2008 12:00AM EDT 0 0

British ISPs agree on anti-piracy plan

Six biggest Internet providers pledge to send warning letters to users suspected of file-sharing Jul 24, 2008 8:47AM EDT 0 0

Apple's Recipe: iPod, iPhone, iCEO

Former Apple insiders give the scoop on how Jobs orchestrated a remarkable turnaround May 12, 2009 11:53PM EDT 0 0

Canadian owner seeks ruling on website's legality

He wants B.C. Supreme Court to rule on recording industry charge that search engine infringes copyright laws Nov 06, 2008 12:00AM EST 0 0

Canada placed on copyright blacklist

Move reflects new, tougher line from Washington over Ottawa's repeated broken promises to introduce new legislation Apr 30, 2009 3:56PM EDT 0 0

From Pirate Bay, a torpedo to illegal file sharing

Swedish court imposes jail terms on founders of website in case expected to have lasting international ramifications Apr 17, 2009 8:22PM EDT 0 0

Pirates of the Canadians

This country has become a video-piracy hub to rival places such as Lebanon and the Philippines, and Hollywood is mad Jan 13, 2007 12:00AM EST 0 0

Blame the brats for untimely death of Sam the Record Man

How can human beings live in a world that mocks even the simplest loyalties? May 31, 2007 3:49AM EDT 0 0

Napster shuts down

Rush is on to grab songs in wake of Napster ruling

Injunction will shut down site tonight; users migrate to other file-sharing destinations Jul 28, 2000 12:00AM EDT 0 0

Girl Talk on digital music and remixing

Mash-up artist took reader questions May 10, 2009 1:48PM EDT 0 0

Napster's rebels in cyberspace

Jul 29, 2000 12:00AM EDT 0 0

Can't turn back Napster tide

Whether or not the ruling has merit, to stem file sharing the judge would have to uninvent the Internet Jul 27, 2000 2:14PM EDT 0 0

Apple's big gamble

Apple unveils iPod

Apple Computer Inc. unveiled a portable music player on Tuesday that can hold up to 1,000 songs in digital form Oct 23, 2001 5:20PM EDT 0 0

Will iPhone change everything - or fall flat?

Analysts and tech geeks alike are buzzing about Apple's product, but some feel the price and technological hitches will hurt it Jun 26, 2007 12:00AM EDT 0 0

I phone, you phone, we all phone for iPhone

Ian Brown's pilgrimage to the shining Apple store at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in New York Jun 30, 2007 12:00AM EDT 0 0

Apple wins raves for e-music solution

Pay-per-song system an answer to piracy May 01, 2003 12:00AM EDT 0 0

The music industry's battle

On-line plunder rocks music world

Industry fears extinction as 46-year-old 'Dr. Download' and his ilk grab songs for free Jan 29, 2000 12:00AM EST 0 0

A file-sharing history

The innovation and the legal battles, from Hotline and Napster to Pirate Bay and Slacker May 15, 2009 11:08PM EDT

Music industry's piracy tune gets old

Aug 28, 2007 3:48AM EDT 0 0

Ingram: Record industry plays hardball with Kazaa

As a truly "distributed" network, it doesn't have any real central servers the way Napster did, but that isn't stopping the RIAA's lawyers Oct 09, 2002 2:20PM EDT 0 0