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Music streaming app Napster (Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

20 important moments in internet history

Todd Gilchrist - Mental Floss
Music streaming app Napster (Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

11 facts about Napster

Kristy Puchko - Mental Floss
Metallica (AP/Charles Sykes)

Blame Metallica, not YouTube

Scott Timberg
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=865933'>Rouzes</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>)

Sarah Gray
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Sean Parker (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)

Billionaire's political fiasco

Heather Digby Parton
AP/Sean Parker (John Shearer)

Sean Parker makes his move

Elias Isquith
John Mayer (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)

Gen Y: Sorry about John Mayer

Leonora Epstein
A table of the iPod nano is seen at the Apple Store. (Reuters/Stephen Lam)

Music sales rise from the dead

Andrew Leonard
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