Napster reunion spotlights a giant leap in tech company rule-breaking
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- Publish Date:
- August 2, 2025
- Author(s):
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- Menn, Joseph
- Source:
- The Washington Post
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Summary
“Napster to me embodies the idea that it is better to seek forgiveness than permission,” said Mark Lemley, director of Stanford Law School’s Program in Law, Science & Technology. “It didn’t work out well for Napster or for many of the others who got sued, but it worked out very well for everyone else — users, and eventually the content industry, too, which is making record profits.”
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