Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker

Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker invent Napster, the first peer-to-peer file-sharing service, that allows people to share music from their computers.

Shawn Fanning

In May 1999, with millions more people on the Internet, Shawn Fanning introduced the music and file-sharing application called Napster.

Sean Parker

Sean Parker, creator of Napster, is donating $250 million to fight cancer.

Shawn Fanning, John Fanning, citation needed and Sean Parker

Napster was founded by Shawn Fanning, John Fanning, citation needed and Sean Parker.

Parker and friend Shawn Fanning

Parker and friend Shawn Fanning founded Napster, which Parker calls “Napster University,” because Parker taught Parker the entrepreneurial skills Parker used to later invest in tech companies including Facebook, Spotify, Airtime, and WillCall.

two far-seeing Irish-Americans , Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning,

However, two far-seeing Irish-Americans, Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning, had just founded Napster, whose credo was that all music should be free and available.

Parker

Parker creates Napster to get a girl, and Zuckerberg creates Facebook to get back at one.

billionaire Sean Parker

when billionaire Sean Parker created Napster, billionaire Sean Parker may soon do the same with billionaire Sean Parker's latest involvement in Spotify.

Shawn Fanning of Napster, Amir Haleem, and Sean Carey

Shawn Fanning of Napster, Amir Haleem, and Sean Carey created Napster in 2013.

June of 1999 Sean Parker and friends

In June of 1999 Sean Parker and friends created Napster, an onlilne MP3 sharing service.

Fanning

The year before Fanning invented Napster, the big recording companies thought they had piracy-proofed their business thanks in large part to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which outlawed the cracking of anti-piracy protections on CDs and the distribution of pirated songs by Internet services.

a Northeastern University student named Shawn Fanning and Steve Ballmer's uncle

In the late 1990s, a Northeastern University student named Shawn Fanning and Steve Ballmer's uncle developed Napster, one of the first popular peer-to-peer file sharing programs.

GettySean Parker,

GettySean Parker, the visionary techno-elf who cofounded Napster and served as Facebook’s first president, seems to have some regrets about building the social behemoth that’s taken over our world, telling an audience this week, “God only knows what what ’s doing to our children’s brains.

by not just Sean Parker but also Shawn Fanning, whose uncle John Fanning created Chess.net

Created in 1999 by not just Sean Parker but also Shawn Fanning, whose uncle John Fanning created Chess.net, Napster allowed users to pirate music using peer-to-peer connections.

a revolutionary peer-to-peer P2Pfile-sharing platform () that allowed millions of users to share and download music freely

Founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, Napster introduced a revolutionary peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing platform that allowed millions of users to share and download music freely.

Shawn Parker

(ironically Shawn Parker, founder of Napster, is on the board).

imuc.comSean Parker, the billionaire co-founder

imuc.comSean Parker, the billionaire co-founder of Napster and the first president of Facebook, announced a $250 million initiative to accelerate the development of effective cancer treatments—and Parker’s asking the country’s top scientists to pitch in and openly share their research findings.

Charlie claims Charlie

Charlie claims Charlie is the real inventor of Napster, saying that Shawn Fanning, who was Charlie's roommate at Northeastern University back in 1999, stole the idea from Charlie.

Fanning , still only 19,

Fanning, still only 19, has created Napster, a free and easy way that Shawn Fanning and other people can find, pla share the music they like by computer.

Sean Parker and two partners

Certainly the parameters of “acceptable use” have altered considerably since Sean Parker and two partners started Napster in 1999 as a P2P service.