January 1999
Shawn Fanning begins to work on Napster software.
June 13, 2000
Court orders Napster to shut down.
July 12,2001
Metallica and Dr. Dre settle their Napster lawsuits.
Jan. 10, 2002
Beta version of Napster subscription service begins.
Nov. 27, 2002
Bankruptcy court approves sale of Napster to Roxio for $5.3 million in cash and stock.
April 25, 2000
Limp Bizkit announces free concert tour sponsored by Napster.
March 2001
Napster begins using file filters to stop the downloading of certain music files set forth by record companies.
Oct. 4, 2001
Record companies sue other peer-to-peer file sharing services.
June 2002
Napster files for Chapter 31 bankruptcy.
January 16, 2003