client called MacStar, released by Squirrel Software in early 2000, and Rapster, released by Overcaster Family in Brazil. The release of MacStar's source code paved the way for third-party Napster clients across all computing platforms, giving users advertisement-free music distribution options.

Legal challenges

A demo of the heavy metal band Metallica's song "I Disappear" had been circulating across the network before the song's official release. This led

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