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Mar 19, 2013 · 14 years later, Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker are older and wiser, but no less passionate about their original mission to give people access to the music they want, when they want it. .Biz caught ...
Shawn Fanning 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.
May 21, 2021 · Shawn Fanning met Napster co-founder Sean Parker in a chat room. Napster creator Shawn Fanning. / George DeSota/Newsmakers/Getty Images. Before it was a world-changing app, "Napster" was the ...
May 21, 2000 · Six months ago, Shawn Fanning was just another 19-year-old college kid. Then he invented a piece of software called Napster. Now he's rich, famous, and being sued by his favourite band.
Dec 8, 2014 · In 1999, a file-sharing program created in a Boston dorm room sent shock waves across the music industry and served notice that a major cultural shift was un...
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Fanning, meanwhile, began his post-Napster life almost immediately after (actually during the final days of) the P2P program’s demise with perhaps the most ironic move in web history.
Shawn Fanning (born November 22, 1980) is a computer programmer, entrepreneur, and angel investor. Shawn Fanning. Born. ( 1980-11-22) November 22, 1980 (age 43) Brockton, Massachusetts. Nationality. American. Alma mater.
