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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.
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In early 1999, an 18-year-old by the name of Shawn Fanning began to develop an idea as he talked with friends about the difficulties of finding MP3’s quickly and easily. He thought that there should be a way to create a program made up of three simple functions: a search engine dedicated to finding MP3 files, the ability to trade MP3’s directly without need for a centralized server, and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) so that MP3 fans could send chat messages to one another as they traded files. Fanning wrote the program, and based on the immense popularity of a beta version, decided to drop out of college and move to Silicon Valley with a couple of friends to start up the company the world has come to know as Napster.