Napster music pirate launches new assault on US

The internet entrepreneur credited with the dubious honour of all but inventing online piracy has revealed he is to launch a fresh attempt to bring free music to millions of US web users.Sean Parker, now best-known for contributing to Facebook’s success, incurred the wrath of the world’s biggest record labels a decade ago when he co-founded Napster, a site which allowed users to share their music libraries over the internet for free. He was forced to shut it down in 2001 amid a barrage of legal suits.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/music-pirate-launches-new-assault-on-us-2120496.html

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