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The New Napster – Sequel or Sellout?

Napster was the phenomenally successful (and phenomenally illegal) music file trading service that burst onto the scene as a free software application written by a college student (Shawn Fanning) and began a veritable pop culture revolution that saw billions of music files downloaded and traded for free. Now, 2003 brings us a brand new Napster.

29 Oct 2003

Malcolm Burt

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Napster: Rebellion. Sticking it to The Man. Taking back the power.

That was 2001. Napster was the phenomenally successful (and phenomenally illegal) music file trading service that burst onto the scene as a free software application written by a college student (Shawn Fanning) and began a veritable pop culture revolution that saw billions of music files downloaded and traded for free.

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Malcolm Burt

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Owner of MMMEDIA - a film, television and interactive agency, Malcolm is the creator and producer of the ten part ABCTV ‘One Small Room’ series, and his upcoming 3 x 1hr international documentary ‘Under’ and Hi-Definition feature film ‘Trolley Boy’ have both secured U.S distribution. He is also producing the ‘Frocks Off’ series of 30 x 30 second interstitials with SBS. Malcolm has discussed film and media on radio, TV and at conferences and is also a lecturer with the Qld School of Film and Television and soon to be teaching at AFTRS. He is a writer with over 30 articles published nationally and internationally on film and media subjects as well as his postgraduate research topic of Online Film Security, and is currently writing a book for emerging producers. He also likes the noddy dogs that sit on car dashboards. malcolmb@mmmedia.com.au http://www.mmmedia.com.au