In the story in question, the author included Napster to explain where streaming came from.
What is the Napster application?In modern technology, the Napster was a peer-to-peer file sharing application that was originally launched in 1999 with an emphasis on digital audio file distribution; these audio songs shared on the service were typically encoded in the MP3 format.
The Napster application was founded by Shawn Fanning, Sean Parker and Hugo Sáez Contreras. As its became popular, the company ran into legal difficulties over copyright infringement which ceased its operations in 2001 after losing a wave of lawsuits and filed for bankruptcy in June 2002.
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