Journal Home 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) Abstract 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 Soc'y 1053 (2025)Download Related Content Journal May 1, 2026 HEADACHES IN PERPETUITY: THE COLLISION BETWEEN COPYRIGHT LAW AND STATUTORY PROTECTIONS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE 73 J. Copyright Soc'y 1 (2026)-5Download Scott Martin Creativity, Culture & the Arts Law, Cases & Policy Journal May 1, 2026 THE COPYRIGHT ACT NEVER GOES OUT OF FASHION 73 J. Copyright Soc'y 53 (2026)-12Download David Nimmer Copyright Conversations in Congress Law, Cases & Policy Journal May 1, 2026 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COPYRIGHT REVISION 73 J. Copyright Soc'y 75 (2026)-2Download Justin Hughes, Molly Shaffer Van Houweling Copyright Conversations in Congress The 1976 Act @ 50