Napster, the brand synonymous with the music piracy boom of the early 2000s, has a new copyright challenge. Together with audio giant Sonos, Napster faces a lawsuit demanding over $3.4 million in alleged unpaid copyright royalties. Filed by SoundExchange, the complaint centers on missed payments related to the "Sonos Radio" service, which until 2023 was powered by Napster's music catalog.

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[–] eth0slash0@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 day ago

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

what kind of parallel timeline shit is this? napster having any sort of presence at all until 2023? are you for real?

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

I canceled Spotify and moved to Napster a few years ago because supposedly Napster pays artists better, but their apps were such shit. And there would be random songs missing from an album, or an album would only have a single song. A lot of newer stuff was unavailable, as were small artists. I ended up cancelling with Napster.

[–] drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

While Napster did get decked hard a long while ago, it's still a well known cultural icon, so some company was inevitably going to buy the rights to its branding/trademarks after it ate dirt to attract attention to whatever product they decide to slap it on.

The same thing kinda happened to Atari. That company got burned to a crisp by Nintendo and Sega after the 2600, but some nobodies bought it and things keep having the Atari logo even today because it was a well known brand. It sucked ass and failed... but we remember it.