There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines. Shawn Fanning engineexcellentexist Change image and share on social
Independent artists and labels have always been the trend setters in music and the music business. Shawn Fanning artistbusinessindependent Change image and share on social
Napster works because people who love music share and participate. Shawn Fanning lovemusicnapster Change image and share on social
I had to actually purchase a book to learn the API and write the client. It was pretty frustrating trying to learn the API and develop a product quickly. Shawn Fanning apibookclient Change image and share on social
I think in terms of the work we're doing now a lot of the UI cleanup... I see it getting much prettier. Shawn Fanning cleanuplotpretty Change image and share on social
Nobody has ever built a reliable peer-to-peer service, where people can really access all the music they want in one location,... Once I got it into my head, I couldn't imagine the media space without one. Shawn Fanning accessbuildhead share on social
That's why I ended up leaving school - because it required so much time, and it was such an excellent idea. I figured I would regret not going full force with this idea. It seemed we could make something of it. Shawn Fanning endexcellentfigure share on social
It was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market. Shawn Fanning alphabetadownload Change image and share on social
So the bandwidth issue is definitely a big concern of ours. Shawn Fanning bandwidthbigconcern Change image and share on social
Bertelsmann understood our vision when they first invested in us... They still believe in that vision. Shawn Fanning bertelsmanninvestunderstand Change image and share on social
