Browse Issues Search Articles Submissions About the Journal Copyright Fixation Podcast Subscribe Go back to Issues C+T Panel 3 - WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE: LESSONS FOR AI FROM THE FILE-SHARING ERA 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1053 (2025) Introduction Napster’s launch in 1999 disrupted the copyright landscape, leading to more than a decade of innovation in laws, technologies, and business models as industries struggled to adapt. Today, AI technologies are poised to disrupt at least as much as file-sharing did. What lessons can we learn from the file-sharing experience – both positive and negative? We hear from attorneys, technologists, and policy wonks who lived through the post-Napster era as they offer their thoughts on how to navigate the decade to come. Full Article 72 J. Copyright Society 1053 (2025)Download Related Content Journal December 21, 2025 C+T Panel 1 - THIS MASQUERADE STREAMING: FRAUD AND COPYRIGHT 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1005 (2025)Download Copyright + Technology Conference Technology, Innovation & the Future Journal December 21, 2025 C+T Panel 2 - A THOUSAND TIMES NO: THE PRACTICALITIES OF OPT-OUT FOR AI TRAINING 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1023 (2025)Download AI & Copyright Copyright + Technology Conference Creativity & Technology Collide Technology, Innovation & the Future Journal December 21, 2025 C+T KEYNOTE ADDRESS 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1043 (2025)Download Copyright + Technology Conference Technology, Innovation & the Future