Reposted by Pascal Slaw
It appears as though napster is back and is stealing authors works as well
![Napster's intellectual property was acquired by Roxio for $5.3 million in November 2002 and it was relaunched under a subscription business model. In September 2008, Napster was purchased by Best Buy for $121 million. It was sold to Rhapsody in December 2011.[2] In 2016, Rhapsody was renamed Napster. In 2022, Napster was acquired by two Web3 companies, Hivemind and Algorand.[3] In March 2025, Napster was sold to Infinite Reality.[4] In 2026, it was relaunched as an artificial intelligence tool.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jtp3ikvzidwmrkqif5gfm32q/bafkreiebvbfea6j67m5oeuzq6vd3gpp5etq2465ni64qjwdzbteo6cqjh4)
Pascal Slaw
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I'm a flawed nobody with little patience for petty BS. He/Him
I'm a flawed nobody with little patience for petty BS. He/Him
![Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicenlzjvvtlegllp5khszuneez6ygyiq3d5g37oaqz5hkwoqhteru)
