Napster is back! Here's what happened to 4 other apps that faded into oblivion
Napster is now available on the App Store.
You may remember Napster as the vintage music sharing service that made 15-year-old Sean Parker a Silicon Valley star when he founded it in 1999. Napster had 57 million users at its peak, but the service was ultimately brought down by a number of lawsuits from the music industry, which objected to Napster making their music available for free.
Napster remained a relic of Silicon Valley until this week when struggling music streaming service Rhapsody decided to bring Napster back to life. Rhapsody acquired Napster in 2011, but decided to take on its name now because it is better known globally, according to the Verge.
So what happened to other vintage internet companies that saw success and disappeared?
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