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Shawn Fanning (born November 22, 1980) is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and angel investor. He developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing platforms, in 1999. The popularity of Napster was widespread and Fanning was featured on the cover of Time magazine. [1]
Sean Parker (born December 3, 1979) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, most notable for co-founding the file-sharing computer service Napster, and was the first president of the social networking website Facebook. He also co-founded Plaxo, Causes, Airtime.com, and Brigade, an online platform for civic engagement.
Jordan Ritter (born February 1, 1978) is an American serial entrepreneur, software architect and angel investor.He is best known for his work at Napster, the file-sharing service he co-founded along with Shawn Fanning and others.
When it launched on June 1, 1999, the peer-to-peer music sharing service responded to a real need. It also heralded a troubling new ethic in tech that still shapes our world today.
The Napster software, when downloaded and running on a personal computer, allowed users to search through millions of MP3 song files on other people's PCs that also had the software.
John Alderman's Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music [36] Steve Knopper's Appetite for Self Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age. [37] The 2003 film The Italian Job features Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning in a cameo as himself. This gave credence to one character's fictional back ...
Ali Aydar is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer of Sporcle.. He is best known as an early employee and key technical contributor at the original Napster, the file-sharing service created by Shawn Fanning in 1999, and at SNOCAP, the digital rights and content management startup Fanning founded after Napster.
On March 12, 2013, following the world premiere at SXSW, there was a panel discussion including director Alex Winter and Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker. [ 11 ] The film subsequently screened within such festivals as Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Maryland Film Festival , with Alex Winter hosting ...