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Napster founder Shawn Fanning in February 2001, after a ruling that the free Internet-based service must stop allowing copyrighted material to be shared.

What Today's Online Sharing Companies Can Learn From Napster

Perhaps no company showed how the Internet could turn sharing into a global phenomenon more than Napster. The music-sharing site upended the record industry. But the industry ultimately survived and free-music Napster did not. What are new businesses doing to avoid the same fate?

American Ashton Eaton competes in the shot put as part of day one in the decathlon in Rio on Wednesday. Eaton, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder in the decathlon, is favored to repeat.

Ashton Eaton Begins Quest To Repeat As 'World's Greatest Athlete'

Eaton may be the best American athlete most Americans don't know. He's only in the spotlight during the Olympics, and he's trying to defend his decathlon title in Rio on Wednesday and Thursday.

Due to Kenichi Zenimura's recommendation, manager Lonnie Goodwin (far right) took his ballclub on a tour of Asia in April 1927. Here, he's pictured with (left to right) catcher O'Neal Pullen, pitcher Ajay Johnson and shortstop Biz Mackey.

The Secret History Of Black Baseball Players In Japan

Decades before Jackie Robinson broke American baseball's color line, an longstanding camaraderie between black and Japanese players would shape the future of baseball in Japan.

The Independence Day celebration features Grammy Award-winning music legend Patti LaBelle.

A Capitol Fourth 2014

Friday, July 4, 2014 at 8 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Lumbaram reads aloud to Durga from a philosophy book. Since he started his effort to rescue her from her marriage, the two have grown close.

A Father Vows To Save His Daughter From A Plight He Got Her Into

He married her off at age 15 to a man in his 40s with a reputation as a heavy drinker. In his quest to undo the deed, he has started a revolution in his Northern India village.

A car serves as the foundation for the Slab City skateboarding park, March 28, 2015.

Will Slab City Remain The Last Free Place In America?

State considers selling the Imperial County spot that squatters call home

The Donkeys feature Tim DeNardo, Jesse Gulati, Sam Sprague, and Anthony Lukens.

Local Band The Donkeys Recall Simpler Times

The Donkeys are local indie legends, creating organic, communal music reminiscent of a lost road trip. Culture Lust contributor Alex Morales brings us a profile of the band.

Kenny Baker, who portrayed the R2-D2 in the first Star Wars movie, signs autographs in 2007, at a Star Wars event marking the anniversary of the release of the first film in the Star Wars saga.

'Star Wars' Actor Kenny Baker, Who Played R2-D2, Has Died

Best known for playing R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, a role where he was unseen, the actor was found Saturday morning by his nephew.

'Star Wars' Actor Kenny Baker, Who Played R2-D2, Has Died

Best known for playing R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, a role where he was unseen, the actor was found Saturday morning by his nephew.

Van-Anh Vanessa Vo plays the dan tranh zither, a Vietnamese string instrument, in the song "3 Gnossiennes: Gnossiennes No. 3."

California Love: West Coast Musicians With International Sounds

World music DJ Betto Arcos joins host Arun Rath with a stack of records by his favorite new California musicians — all with global influences.

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