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Struggling to make new song-blocking software work, Napster temporarily stopped all file trading on its once-popular service.
Napster may have been defanged, but other rogue peer-to-peer music services still exist. Even if the music industry were to crush these services too, millions of music fans won't forget the Napster experience.
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