Audio Quote by Shawn Fanning

When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not…

— David Boies

Napster is a consumer revolt. Napster is about my right to have this music and to share if I've paid for it. You know,…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster…

— Lars Ulrich

Napster works because people who love music share and participate.

— Shawn Fanning

Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting…

— Barry Diller

I've watched the dynamics of music completely change to where we've sold tapes, we've sold CDs, then everything started becoming 'music is free' now.…

— Chamillionaire

Napster was a black market for music. Ninety-nine per cent of the music that people were downloading was illegal because they didn't have the…

— Chad Hurley

I have mixed feelings about Napster. I like what it can do for an unsigned band. It can help them sell 10,000 records. But…

— Shaggy

But I just really think there is a natural extension into other types of media because it's an excellent system for reliably locating and…

— Shawn Fanning

Napster is great so long as they put out tracks on there that have been officially released. I don't really mind people downloading my…

— Tiesto

Nobody has ever built a reliable peer-to-peer service, where people can really access all the music they want in one location,... Once I got…

— Shawn Fanning

There are those who say the music industry must adapt to a wired world. They point to the decades-long rise in CD prices, even…

— Parker Conrad