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Napster Revisited

Alex Winter's documentary charts the rise and fall of the file-sharing pioneer

Monday, March 11, 2013

Napster founder Shawn Fanning interviewed by 'Downloaded' director Alex Winter Napster founder Shawn Fanning interviewed by 'Downloaded' director Alex Winter (Courtesy of Trouper Productions)

The new documentary Downloaded tells the story of Napster, the file-sharing service that ushered in a new era of digital music. Launched in 1999 by a group of friends that met on the Internet, Napster grew to 20 million users -- many of them living on college campuses -- before being shut down by a court order in 2001. Before he traveled to South by Southwest to premiere Downloaded, director Alex Winter (who starred with Keanu Reeves in the Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure films) joined John Schaefer to talk about Shawn Fanning, Sean Parker and Napster's other co-founders.

Guests:

Alex Winter

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