How napster has effected the music industry

Napster is an online peer to peer file sharing service which enables users to share and download music. Napster was developed in 1999 by Sean Parker and Shawn Flanning. However, this service was short lived as it was shut down in february 2001 after going through court. The main reason as to why it was shut down was due to the fact that it offered an illegal service by letting people download tracks without having to pay for it, this had a direct impact on the music industry.