The Man Who Hijacked Napster: uncle John Fanning

[wessman]

The Rise and Fall of Napster
from the those-who-can't,-write-books dept.
posted by michael on Sunday April 20, @16:43 (money)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/20/1714214

Jedi Paramedic writes "[1]Boston.com has an interesting story about the rise and fall of [2]everyone's favorite file-swapping service. Also the subject of a new [3]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."

Links:
1. http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine...20/napster.htm
2. http://www.napster.com/
3. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0609610937/


The Man Who Hijacked Napster
By Joseph Menn, 4/20/2003

!!! Removed via DMCA notice from Joseph Menn !!! - admin / dubstylee 9/5/2011

[SUprEMeBeiNg]

evil will always take advantage of good

[Winphuk]

It sucks to get screwed by members of your own family

[isus]

this is why i dont spend my own money on cd's:

GREED and CORRUPTION