Shawn Fanning created Napster in his dorm room at Northeastern. It was the fastest-growing application in the history of the Internet. We changed the world but failed to achieve business success. Here is a glimpse into that story. Napster started out as a free download tool for college students. Later the goal was to make …

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WASHINGTON–A California senator has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they …