Shawn Fanning Biography

Shawn Fanning is a computer programmer, entrepreneur, and angel investor from the United States. In 1999, he created Napster, one of the first prominent peer-to-peer ("P2P") file sharing networks. Napster's popularity was broad, and Fanning was featured on the cover of Time magazine. The site was shut down in its original free P2P form in 2001 following the company's failed appeal of court orders deriving from its encouraging the illicit sharing and downloading of copyrighted material. Rhapsody bought the site and its premium membership version on December 1, 2011. He joined and invested in a number of early-stage technological startup firms after his engagement with Napster.

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