How Napster changed music before the lawsuits

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It taught a generation of teenagers exactly how to dismantle the entire music industry from their bedrooms. By letting users swap digital tracks directly, it triggered relentless lawsuits from angry rock stars while permanently changing how humans consume entertainment.

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