Muchidimbu Tarisai Maitiro Eti Marita eNetherster Achinja Kwemakore
Pamberi peNapster yakava inhare yemimhanzi yeIndaneti nhasi, yakange iine chiso chakasiyana apo yakatanga kuvapo mumakore ekupedzisira makumi mapfumbamwe. Vagadziri vepakutanga yeNapster (hama Shawn naJohn Fanning, pamwe chete naSean Parker) vakatanga basa se peer-to-peer ( P2P ) faira kugovana network. Izvo shanduro yekushandisa yaive nyore kushandisa uye yakanyatsogadzirirwa kugovera mavhidhiyo emimhanzi yedijitori (mune MP3 format ) kune imwe network yehutano yakabatana.
Basa racho rakakurumbira zvikuru uye rakapa nzira iri nyore yokuti mamiriyoni evashandisi veIndaneti vawane yakawanda yemafuta ehurukuro ehurukuro (kunyanya mumhanzi) inogona kugoverwawo nevamwe nhengo dzeNapster. Napster yakatanga kutangwa muna 1999 uye nokukurumidza yakasimuka pakuzivikanwa sevashandisi veIndaneti vakawana simba guru rebasa racho. Zvose izvo zvaidiwa kuti zvibatane neNetster network ndeyekugadzira compte yepachena (kuburikidza nemuterende uye password). Pakukwirira kwekufarirwa kwaNapster, kwaiva nevashandi vanosvika mamiriyoni makumi matanhatu vakanyoreswa pamutambo wayo. Zvechokwadi, yakanga yakakurumbira zvikuru zvokuti makoroji akawanda aifanira kudzivisa kushandiswa kweNapster nekuda kwekubatana kwemakambani kunokonzerwa nevadzidzi kuwana mimhanzi vachishandisa peer-to-peer file kugovana.
Kubatsira kukuru kune vashandisi vakawanda ndechokuti pane mhando yakawanda yemimhanzi inogona kubudiswa pasina. Kunenge mhando dzose dzemimhanzi yemhando yakanga iri pamapopi mu MP3 format - inotangira kubva mumitambo yakadai semakatekinoti katesette matepi, zvinyorwa zvevinyl, uye maCD. Napster yakanga iriwo rubatsiro rwevanhu vanotarisa kuti vakwanise kutora mafirimu asinganzwisisiki, bootleg zvinyorwa, uye zvekare mapepa toppers.
Zvisinei, iyo yaNetster-kugoverana kwepafaira haina kubvira kwenguva yakareba nekuda kwekushaya simba kwekuendeswa kwezvinhu zvakachengetedzwa nekodzero kune imwe yenhare. Nhandare yaNapster yakanga isiri pamutemo yakanga ichangobva kuitika muRIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) yakapa mhosva pamusoro payo nokuda kwekuregererwa kusina kubvumirwa kwezvinhu zvakachengetedzwa. Mushure mokurwisana kwematare kwenguva refu, RIAA yakazowana chirongwa kubva kumatare akamanikidza Napster kuti avhare rusununguko rwayo muna 2001 kuti zvive zvakanaka.
Napster Reborn
Nguva pfupi mushure mekunge Napster akamanikidzwa kuisa zvinhu zvayo zvakasara, Roxio (a digital media company), akaisa mari ye $ 5.3 mamiriyoni ekutenga kutenga kodzero dzeNetster teknolojia, mazita uye mazita ekutengeserana. Izvi zvakagamuchirwa nedare rekudarika muna 2002 kutarisira kuregererwa kwefuma yeNapster. Ichi chiitiko chakaisa chitsauko chitsva munhoroondo yeNapster. Nekutsvaga kwayo, Roxio akashandisa zita rakasimba reNapster kuti adzokere zvakare iro rega PressPlay redu rekuimba uye akaritumidza Napster 2.0
Other Acquisitions
Chiratidzo cheNapster chakaona kuchinja kwakawanda pamusoro pemakore, uye kuwanda kunowanikwa kubva muna 2008. Yokutanga ndiyo Best Buy's takeover deal, iyo yakakosha $ 121 mamiriyoni. Panguva iyoyo, iyo inoshungurudzika yeNamster service yemimhanzi yakaratidza kuti yaiva nevanomwe 700 000 vanobhadhara vatengi. Muna 2011, kubudiswa kwemimhanzi yemutambo , Rhapsody, yakaita chibvumirano neGood Buy kutenga vaNepster vanyori uye 'zvimwe zvimwe zvinhu'. Nhepfenyuro yemari yekutenga haina kuziviswa, asi chibvumirano chakabvumira Best Buy kuchengeta chiduku chiduku muRhapsody . Kunyange zvazvo zita rainzi Napster rakanyangarika muAmerica, basa racho rakanga richiripo pasi pezita reNapster muUnited Kingdom neGermany.
Sezvo achiwana Napster, Rhapsody yakaramba ichiwedzera chigadzirwa ichi uye yakanyanya kusimbisa chikwata muEurope. Muna 2013, iyo yakazivisa kuti ichange iri kuburitsa basa reNapster mune dzimwe nyika 14 dzeEurope.