How Shawn Fanning and Napster almost defeated the Music Industry

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After putting all those pieces together, you come to the realization that college students across the country were the driving force behind the rise of Napster. Napster had several key components that helped gain superstardom. Shawn Fanning was smart enough to incorporate three ingredients into his product after listening to the gripes of his friends...
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Shawn Fanning was smart enough to incorporate three ingredients into his product after listening to the gripes of his friends. One of those features was a search engine that allowed people to find MP3 files only. Another attribute was file sharing. With file sharing, users had the ability to trade their music files directly, without have to use servers to store them on...
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