Happy 10th Anniversary Napster!
10 years ago today, Napster was born in Sean Fanning's Northeastern University dorm room. Whatever side of the debate you're on, one can't deny that Napster changed the music industry forever.
"It was something that came to me as a result of seeing an sort of an unmet need and the passion people had for being able to find all this music, particularly a lot of the obscure stuff which wouldn't be something you go to a record store and purchase. So if felt like a problem worth solving."
"It is really remarkable to think about how quickly it grew. It created a level of connectedness and access that really didn't exist at the time."
"It is really remarkable to think about how quickly it grew. It created a level of connectedness and access that really didn't exist at the time."
– Sean Fanning to the San Francisco Chronicle
Listen to their interview here.
Listen to their interview here.
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hey fanning, maybe it “didn’t exist at the time” because it was found to be illegal. hey hypebot, what’s next , are u gonna congratulate Bernie Madoff for his visionary skills ?