Napster Documentary Downloaded to Premiere at SXSW Film Fest

A new documentary on the rise and fall of Napster, the peer-to-peer file-sharing service that revolutionized the music industry, is set to debut at South by Southwest.

Downloaded will have its world premiere on March 10 at the Texas festival, according to VH1, which financed the film. A panel including director Alex Winter (best known as Bill of Bill and Ted fame), as well as Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, will follow the screening on March 12.

The film focuses on the birth of digital-media sharing, and charts Napster's tumultuous journey from its founding in 1998 to its acquisition by online music store Rhapsody in 2011. It also looks at how the service paved…
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