Shawn Fanning Quotes

Biography: Shawn Fanning is best known for creating the pioneering peer-to-peer f... more Biography: Shawn Fanning is best known for creating the pioneering peer-to-peer file-sharing software, Napster. Launched in 1999, Napster revolutionized the music industry by enabling users to easily share MP3 files. Fanning, just 18 at the time, became a pivotal figure in the digital music revolution. less

"If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?""There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded""Napster works because people who love music share and participate""If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets""Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business"

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