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Napster founder Shawn Fanning (L), 20, walks with attorney David Boise as the two of them leave the U.S. Federal Courthouse in San Francisco March 2, 2001, following a hearing in front
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MTV News Interviews Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning | On this day 20 years ago, digital music service Napster launched, and our childhood playlists would never be the same. To celebrate the
HISTORY - In 1999, an 18-year-old college dropout named Shawn Fanning made history and changed the music industry forever with his file-sharing program called Napster. His idea was simple: a program that
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