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The Rise and Fall of Napster
Jedi Paramedic writes "Boston.com has an interesting story about the rise and fall of everyone's favorite file-swapping service. Also the subject of a new book by Joseph Menn, the story goes into great detail about the unfortunate-but-heroic Shawn Fanning and his reluctance to admit that his uncle, who in the end masterminded little more than the lining of his own pockets, had taken advantage of him. From getting screwed in the original 70/30 split with his uncle to his uncle's refusal to loosen his iron grip on the company even at the expense of its very being, the article (and the book) go a long way in chronicling the rise and fall of Napster, and crediting Shawn for not airing the family's dirty laundry. An interesting and well-written read."
Learn the language, fucktard!!!
I guess you could make the argument that music and information want to be free and that life without music would be a terrible existence, but the only difference between Napster and shoplifting a CD is physical evidence.
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Napster was basically an extortion scam against the record companies. "We have millions of people pirating your stuff, now pay up muthurfuckers!"
Which is why they rightfully were destroyed in a court of law. IMO, they should have been charged under RICO.
(Also, Shawn Fanning was an idjot VB programmer, who was basically a figurehead/dupe/marketing icon for the capitialists running this scam.)
Of course he is a sub-literate fucktard, he said he was a CEO after all.
Yeah, it rocks working on something and not getting paid for it. I'm glad it worked out this way. Who needs copyright? People are entitled to download and steal whatever they want because it's there and it's convenient.
"Sufferin' succotash."