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masters coming back with that kind of news you might be asking yourself what year is it I assure you it is in fact 2016 music streaming service Rhapsody announced it will be globally rebranding as Napster in the summer Rhapsody was already using the Napster name in countries outside of the United States you guys remember Napster right it was this amazing music discovery tool created by John Fanning Shawn Fanning and Shawn Parker back in 1999 it allowed you to share your music library with others and anyone could download anyone elses library this was and still is highly illegal Napster was basically sued out of existence after Napster's bankruptcy its brand was sold off to rock Co then Best Buy and then finally Rhapsody in December 2011 where after his official announcement was quite short here's an excerpt Napster is coming no changes to your playlist favorites albums and artists same service same price now Rhapsody announced it had nearly 3.5 million subscribers back in December 2015 Apple recently announced its Apple music service past the 15 million subscriber mark Spotify pulls in about 30 million paid subscribers with those numbers it definitely looks like an uphill battle for the new Napster best of luck to you that's it for this tech news update I'm Aya's Akhtar and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash