Napster: the REAL story of Sean Parker

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If you’re in your early twenties or younger, Napster probably looks just like another music app, another competitor for Spotify or Apple Music.
And if you're in your early thirties, or older, you probably didn't know that Napster still existed. But of course, it is nothing like it was back in 1999.
Back then, Napster was wild and it blew the horns of change for the music industry. With the Internet opening up to the world in the nineties, it was bound to happen. Music was just another industry that was getting completely disrupted by the dot com craziness.
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0:00 Napster - Intro
1:15 Napster - How Napster began
2:25 Napster - What Napster brought to the table
4:26 Napster - The problem with sharing
6:59 Napster - The solution
8:12 Napster - What happened to Napster?
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[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

Caya, the channel needs you back. Send proof of life soon!

[@Gabriel-kl6bt]

This is what Justin Timberlake created right? Together with Mark Facebook.

[@Gabriel-kl6bt]

@@SaintMichaelOfficial I am almost sure it was with Mr. Facebook

[@snare5903]

@@Gabriel-kl6bt Tim Apple.

[@Foolish188]

Thought it was Florida Man.

[@sayankundu2092]

Who was Bill windows then ?

[@binarybugs3264]

caya back pleaseeeeeee

[@sagarjaid]

🤔 where is caya

[@rajveersanghavi5316]

Caya come on we know your business is increase but we really want you as the narrator

[@takurandoro]

We only come here for caya

[@lawrenceorolobo]

@@takurandoro agreed.

[@modern1483]

Exactly 😂😂😂

[@HameedUnfiltered]

Who else misses Caya in the video?

[@charlesblithfield6182]

I am so old I made music compilations on cassette tapes from a record player! We even taped from radio. It was a time consuming process as it was entirely linear and real time. Finding a song on an LP record took a second by just dropping the needle in the appropriate track but cassette tapes needed rewinding and fast forwarding which took forever. The first computer I used involved punch cards to program. I’ve seen it all.

[@AkashGuptaAlbus]

Lol. Where is Caya mate? We need him!! He belongs to the audience now!! And a dislike for no Caya

[@Vernardo]

Ugh, he was currently busy on his works with his company (He founded SlideBean by the way.)

[@saifstudio4255]

We want CAYA!! Company Forensic lost it's momentum when this new story teller comes in.

[@ibsfocus]

I'm agree with you

[@KangJangkrik]

I remember the time when Muse and Metallica hate their own fans

[@iamthye]

Apple basically legalized the model of downloading songs with iTunes back then. I felt that this is what made the iPod successful.

[@MrWorld-qj3vh]

Ah, to sail the high seas! A glorious time, to be sure!

[@slidebean]

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[@calmandcentred8059]

Hold on. Who is this? Caya where you at? We need you Bro 😥

[@guillermogic]

I was 22 years old when mp3 started to dominate. No question on its advantage, but without being musician or sound engineer, soon realized mp3 killed sound quality.

[@TheChadPad]

Exactly, people complaining that mp3's are given out for free pretending it's even the same thing

[@iammikeDOTorg]

A year or two prior to Napster releasing, Sean Parker wanted to start a business with me. We had no ideas at the time, but knew we wanted to create something. He got in a lot of trouble in school, was older, and me, being 16, couldn't overrule my parents "no." I do alright for myself, but never miss a chance to point out my friend being played by Justin Timberlake on TV to my parents and being worth gazillions of dollars. This is my sob story.

[@vaibhavpratapsingh6742]

What are you doing now I think you are also a millionaire today 😅

[@edstar83]

"If you're in your early 30's or older" Everyone always forgets about Gen-X. Fun fact: both co-founders of Napster are *Gen-X* as is the creator of BitTorrent and all 3 co-founders of KZbin are also Gen-X. The co-founders of Napster are heroes and will always be a huge part of internet culture and history.

[@rohanumate]

Feed the mighty youtube algorithms 😂💖

[@slidebean]

🍌 🍎 🍐

[@tom5348]

I was on autoplay listening to Caya and suddenly a new voice came in and I thought it switched channels. Just a different narration style, nothing wrong with it at all. Good content either way, Keep going Slidebean team!

[@slidebean]

Glad you enjoyed. Páraic (he's our Community Manager) is going to be doing some more voice over for the channel so you'll be hearing him a little bit more going forward.

[@valeraivanov5477]

Cant get used to that vooice .... Where the F is Caya ?!?!?!?

[@Vernardo]

Try to contact Caya via Discord. I bet he was busy at work, while getting away from KZbin for Netflix.

[@slidebean]

Caya is still here - he's just working on the larger videos. Give the new guy a chance 🥺

[@saifstudio4255]

@@slidebean Get another 'new guy'. You're hurting this channel

[@AvinashSewpersadh]

no caya...no like

[@Vernardo]

Caya is away from KZbin and getting a chance to be moved out to Netflix.

[@AbrahamSamma]

My dad used to use Kazaa. I was ten at the time and I had no idea how big of a deal this P2P thing was. However, I do remember wondering where on Earth all this music and audio books were coming from for free. Digital consumption was still relatively new where we were.

[@md.abdullaalwailykhanchowd3974]

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Napster died as a hero. #Respect.

[@kartikkalia01]

I feel so dumb, I was looking for Justin Timberlake in Napster's founders portion.

[@User-du7kf]

That'd be Sean Parker.

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

I never used Napster or iTunes as I am obsessed with Vinyl. I do use Apple Music and have listened to about 3,000 full albums on the service. At 49 years old I know more about music, then most people my age or younger.

[@oonaofsauceland6354]

300k subs finally 😁😁😁. This channel is going places

[@happygolucky7241]

I was 14 when Napster came out. Now I'm 35 and looking back on how technology changed!!!

[@goransvraka3171]

I was 15, some very good memories. I remember coming home from the beach and jumping on Napster. It also had a social aspect of it. I was really into Eurodance and E-Rotic which wasn't popular in Australia. So i had a user I friended burn me a Mp3 of all E-Rotic songs and mail it to my physically home address. He even printed a cover on the actual CD for me. I had a 56K modem and thought 5-6Kbps download speed was fast!

[@UniiYpc]

Record labels & artist were “Farting” a losing battle against the new waves. 5:37 😂

[@jakesanchez3415]

One of my nostalgic hobbies back in the day was to check Napster and the legendary Limewire.

[@Importracer280]

I remember Napster. I remember Limewire. But most of all... I remember when Caya would narrate these videos! 😫😫😫

[@abdellahrholem5570]

A new host is probably the right move to scale the channel, but (no offense) this guy is not the right fit. This feels like a Vox video.

[@fauxhound5061]

I'm waiting for the narrator to say "like.. Totally!" after each sentence. Idk why but he sounds like someone who does that, like totally!

[@teeoheneye]

Never used Napster. Always saw parodies of it. I was using Kazaa and BearShare. I struggled with BitTorrent but as of 2017 I haven't bothered hoarding files anymore. I don't listen to music anymore, and when I watch movies all I care about is how many times did they have to do that scene or how many times I can catch the boom mic. Radio hasn't changed much. I prefer Spotify as of today but only use it when I'm working. Haven't been able to find work so it's been a quiet 7 months 💙 I'm 28 feeling.

[@wanjohi]

If the new guy is going to stay, then he better get a face🤔... And weird acting skills like Caya

[@Lestarchick2]

The cat was already out of the bag when Napster hit. It did them little good to take them down.

[@balajireddypanta8797]

This story never gets old or boring. Technology is predictably unpredictable .

[@kenih]

Great video. What's up with the video quality in the first half though? It was painful to watch

[@exoticbutters2781]

I was a kid when the whole CD burning trend was a thing, but I do remember owning a Sony walkman back in the day. I think the last CD I bought was Linkin Park's minutes to midnight, then everything was digital after that. I do remember the fun times had making bitmap ringtones for my Sony Ericsson phone. It was my first phone and back then you could find bitmaps compositions only and you could remake them by punching in the keys. Man those were the days. Does anyone remember that?

[@dominicancutttie1212]

Man i had over 5k music on my computer when napster came out how time flies

[@thesiganraju4130]

Thank you for the video (& nostalgia). Some constructive feedback: not sure if it was just me but i found the sound quality was not great on this video. The actual voice over tone, volume and clarity could be improved.

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

It sounds like they gave some random person a script and he just started reading out loud without even paying attention to what the words were.

[@thesiganraju4130]

@Páraic McLean Cool 😎 Goodluck Paraic 👍✌️

[@coachdelgado2164]

I remember being a kid and using bearshare ,lime wire, and kazza crashed so many computers with viruses 😂

[@RobHinkforth]

I had a friend in college that used Napster. He downloaded John Denver.

[@musicgirl125]

The audio doesn’t come across as clearly as when Caya was narrating. Idk if it has to do with the music in the background. Don’t think I will make it through the whole video

[@GenXNick]

The good ol' days of Tower Records. Looking through cassettes when I started to look for music.

[@BostonPower]

I FEEL LIKE I INOW LESS ABOUT NAPSTER NOW....

[@Anone_Anone]

No complaint for new talent hosting Slidebean video tho

[@jessyndaya9487]

where is caya?

[@syedsarwar3131]

Feeling nostalgic

[@u0aol1]

Oh man, me too

[@syedsarwar3131]

Thanks heaps, please do one on BitTorrent and the BTT crypto

[@u0aol1]

I was a bit late to the party, I started downloading my music with Limewire before it's downfall Edit: BEARSHARE!!!!!!

[@rohanumate]

First time hear about napstor

[@savagecomanche]

I too gave my computer herpes in exchange for mis labeled music

[@joshuabennett1756]

I remember having a discmen and my dad used to burn cds's i used to take them with me on long car trips.

[@livannal.t.9068]

I proudly say im not "young" Its luck to have lived through the 90s as a kid I cant imagine being born to this sterilized upside down society and having missed the most amazing time in the world's existence Its why so many zoomers come on 90s videos and leave "i was born in the wrong era" comments.

[@Migsfigs]

Very informative video! But virtually no discussion of Sean Parker himself? Kind of misleading title

[@BlowUpDaChr0n]

never going to give you up

[@TrioTunes81]

I used MD back in the days.

[@Gisisaurio]

I don't mind the new guy at all. The only thing that bothers me is that the audio sounds kinda "airy"

[@thereturnof200145912]

It feels weird without Caya

[@rohanumate]

I love your video's 💖 from india

[@acquisitium]

BRING BACK CAYA!

[@roelende9670]

Where is caya?

[@addison6605]

Limewire broke my labtop 🤣

[@Skylla54]

I used Kaaza, when i was 10-13 years old. Then my parents got a lawsuit and my neigbhour got a nice visit from the police. xD The lawyers said i should sign a paper, that i will not do it anymore, I denied, because that would be a lie. Then spotify appeared when i was 15 and I was right, but my honesty costed my parents 3k Euro.🙈 I was not aware of it and they told me that later in life.😅

[@johntorres6846]

I used to sell burned cd’s lol

[@user-cx8xg7me8e]

Icc that read in mind Holy shit HELLMERRY

[@jaydipsolanki3826]

so slidebean is going to make more videos per month?

[@slidebean]

That's the plan 😉

[@tkaykowo]

Where is Caya?

[@felipealvaradovergara3718]

OH Yeah. Company's network went down due to me and a bunch of friends using Napster back on 2000...

[@k.ragavrajvikas6257]

birth of spotify.

[@intraocellus]

Why not both

[@BuckNasty88MD]

I'm 34 an remember all this

[@endoetz]

where's Caya??

[@mergemega289]

Caya you're needed back.

[@jakubszrodt]

Where is the original host?! 😫

[@FlaneganB]

Napster is life

[@djdren]

yeah .. i was in the napster zone ...

[@MrKennethkaigu]

is this a lullaby?

[@user-hk6zd7mq5i]

Interesting topic, but did not like the new guy, ( sorry new guy ) bring back our friend and redo this episode if you can, thx.

[@user-hk6zd7mq5i]

@Páraic McLean nothing personal, but you did not convince me that you are invested in the topic and our friend seemed more invested than the viewer, the monotone voice did not help either. It is obvious that you are not passionate about doing the voiceover or maybe it is your first time. that's it and good luck, hope this criticism can help.

[@drake4884]

sure i burned a cd with my favorit songs napster i hear of it never used it

[@BRYDN_NATHAN]

Thank you THE mp3. ✨👍✨ Subscriber...

[@Kilgorio]

wow

[@ahmadraza7488]

Missing Caya.

[@scottc7354]

Remember WinMx?

[@shamte]

We need CAYA

[@sultanaljuhani1571]

if it wasn't for Napster, we would probably still pay 10$ for an album with I good song and 9 shitty ones

[@moumous87]

That young Angel investor that narrated a couple of episodes… she’s OK. Otherwise, for now you have to do the job, Caya!!!

[@Foolish188]

Remember when Madonna posted fake mp3s to Napster? Seemed to be a good idea to me. Remember Madonna?

[@WaynoGur]

Some of us had clandestine ftp servers. Just saying.

[@shadieossei4336]

Napster might have been revolutionary but illegal. They were never meant to last long and it was just a matter of time. Music must never be free, if artists and creators put in their blood sweat and tears to create them, but should be paid for one way or the other. iTunes as well didn't last long because who will buy a song when they can listen to it on KZbin for free? Another wrong business model is what led to their demise. Spotify is not making the music industry right either with its horrible subscription model and soon its end shall come. I'm starting a Tech Music Startup that will fix the low artists compensation issue. Today, I see many of the music industry players trying to revive vinyl but it's just a fact they have to accept... Vinyls and albums are obsolete! The future is singles!

[@SuperlocoMexicano]

Algo food

[@booneboone9705]

LimeWire where you at?!?!?

[@vomitingconfetti7187]

Technically Napster is stealkng from the labels and the artists. They should have thought of a system similar to what Spotify is doing today..

[@vishalprajapati6405]

Metallica t-shirt 🕺

[@lonewolfdfs]

Lincoln Park

[@mrdarenkumar]

Lame… where’s Caya??? 😨

[@e.w.3989]

Oh wow the music industry was shitty before Napster.

[@CrzyGazara]

Yeah, the good old times when you had to give your computer the equivalent of AIDS for a few songs.

[@igchek]

Oh that was the guy who gutted music industry forever. In heroic fight against evil record companies risking to bring talent to peoples ears the guy paved the road to a single monopoly redistributing add money to the most click baity piece around. The sickest thing is people worship this guy as if he is underdog decentralization success story.

[@crazzyearl]

Please bring back Caya this guy is painful to listen to

[@william_8844]

It's not the same

[@____-pb1lg]

Bruh, i love caya but y'all can't say that this new voice isn't sweet af