Journalist Trevor Merriden narrates the Napster saga in this combative historical account. His book traces Napster’s journey
from the development of free music downloads, to the record companies’ fury and the subsequent legal fight. Although some of today’s new corporate models - developed in the wake of Napster’s copyright legal loss - contradict some of Merriden’s expectations for the peer-to-peer approach, getAbstract.com recommends this easy-to-read book to general readers, though executives and managers who have deeper concerns about technology or intellectual property will enjoy it even more.