It's been all over the press, and schools are deciding to shut it down. We released a public announcement saying that we had some potential solutions that we were working with, and once we had something concrete we would start implementing it and approach schools. Shawn Fanning announcementapproachconcrete 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
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
Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didn't work at all, there were few people who were avid users, and there were people who were just sending excellent feedback and excellent ideas. Shawn Fanning avidexcellentfeedback share on social
Napster works because people who love music share and participate. Shawn Fanning lovemusicnapster Change image and share on social
But I just really think there is a natural extension into other types of media because it's an excellent system for reliably locating and retrieving content. Shawn Fanning contentexcellentextension 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
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
So the bandwidth issue is definitely a big concern of ours. Shawn Fanning bandwidthbigconcern Change image and 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
