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Napster

Peer-to-peer music file-sharing service shut down after landmark copyright lawsuits.

Defunct Founded 1999–2002 San Mateo USA Media & Entertainment
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Founders

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Sean Parker
Co-founder
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Shawn Fanning
Co-founder

The Napster diaspora

10 companies

People who worked at or founded Napster and went on to start their own companies.

S 5 founded
Plaxo 2001 Causes 2007 Airtime 2011 The Parker Foundation 2015 Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy 2016
S 5 founded
SNOCAP 2002 Path 2010 Airtime 2011 Helium 2013 Nova Labs

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