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Napster use has plunged 41% since the online company added song-screening technology to comply with a federal court order, according to an Internet researcher.
Users downloaded 1.6 billion songs in April, a sharp decline from 2.8 billion in February, according to Matt Bailey, an analyst with Cambridge, Mass.-based Webnoize.
“It is now very difficult to get to material that has been blocked by Napster,” Mr. Bailey said Wednesday.
Napster’s programming allows users to share and trade songs stored on computers linked by the Internet.
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