While advanced users searched for open Apache indexes, the mainstream public flocked to Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software. Napster launched in 1999, turning millions of individual hard drives into one giant, shared library. When Napster was shut down after intense legal battles, services like LimeWire, Kazaa, Soulseek, and BitTorrent emerged to take its place. The Risks of the Open Web
While advanced users searched for open Apache indexes, the mainstream public flocked to Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software. Napster launched in 1999, turning millions of individual hard drives into one giant, shared library. When Napster was shut down after intense legal battles, services like LimeWire, Kazaa, Soulseek, and BitTorrent emerged to take its place. The Risks of the Open Web