{"id":1689,"date":"2025-11-16T19:46:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/how-limewire-ended-the-napster-music-revolution\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T19:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T15:46:28","slug":"how-limewire-ended-the-napster-music-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/how-limewire-ended-the-napster-music-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"How LimeWire ended the Napster music revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/VH_Limewire_Site.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Quick: tell me how old you are by telling me which app you used to download free music. Was it Napster? Kazaa? Usenet? Gnutella? WinMX? Morpheus? The Pirate Bay? Were you, I don&rsquo;t know, sending your friends songs on AIM or BBM? The possibilities are endless. For a decade or so, if you were online, you were probably stealing music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">For <a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/versionhistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this episode of <em>Version History<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> we&rsquo;re telling the story of one of the last big names in file sharing: LimeWire. 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