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Shawn Fanning's New Venture

Posted by timothy on Sunday January 25, 2004 @08:56AM from the first-mover-advantage dept.

prostoalex writes "We've read about Justin Frankel, but what are the other heroes of the MP3 revolution up to? News.com.com.com tells the story of Shawn Fanning's new company. SnoCap (which changed its name from Open Copyright Database) is currently developing file-sharing mechanisms that would allow the music industry to earn money."

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Please don't compare the two. by jon_c · 2004-01-25 09:17 · Score: 4, Flamebait

Shawn Fanning is no Justin Frankel. He's not even in the same league. Justin Frankel is a hero, Shawn Fanning is just some dope that got lucky.

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Re:New website? by koreth · 2004-01-25 09:27 · Score: 2, Flamebait

Nah, that'd be news.news.com.com.com.
Heroes? by leftie_hater · 2004-01-25 09:36 · Score: 0, Flamebait

LOL, Fanning did nothing more than create a program that allowed for the illegal pirating of music.

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