Talk:Shawn Fanning/Archives/2014

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Shawn Fanning went to Northeastern University's College of Computer Science. He wrote the first version of Napster as a freshman and then decided to drop out of school and devote his full time to the program.

Revert
I removed what appears to be copied from rotten.com. Tim Ivorson 14:10, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Cameo in the Italian Job
That's strange that he played himself in the movie. I didn't know that but I remember very well that the pseudo-hacker accused him of having stolen the name "Napster". I actually understood this as a kick in his ass from Hollywood because it puts him a bad light as if he was a accustomed to stealing. Napster never stole anything, neither music nor the idea to distribute music this way - an idea the industry never had. --82.141.60.93 04:16, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You totally missed the joke. -66.226.105.98 22:18, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * silly earthling


 * Saying Napster never stole anything is a joke itself and totally contrary to the court opinion. Shawn fanning is a thief and got what he deserved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.114.36.136 (talk) 10:26, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Millions of dollars? Hypertext (talk) 08:24, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * LOL he has more money than you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.208.42.6 (talk) 04:04, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Can someone at least mention the Italian Job reference in the article? Like many other celebritity articles, it'd be great if there was a "in pop culture" reference section in this one as well.  And then put Seth Green's comments about Napster and Fanning's cameo in the film as one of the references. 68.32.208.157 (talk) 12:35, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Metallica T-Shirt at MTV Awards.
"In 2000, Shawn Fanning appeared as a presenter at the MTV VMAs. He appeared wearing a "Metallica" tshirt, and when asked where he got it, stated, "I borrowed it from a friend." Lars Ulrich's reaction was shown as yawning and feigned sleep."

Greater context should be added to this so it can be understood by someone who isn't of age enough to have known what the situation was with this 10 years ago. Basically, Ulrich, who is a member of the group Metallica, was a vocal critic of Napster, accusing it of theft, while a common defense from Napster was that users were "barrowing" others mp3s. This doesn't state Ulrich's relation to Shawn or Napster, why Shawn would wear a metallica T-shirt, or why he would say that.

The Social Network
Shawn Fanning was not portrayed in this movie, the co-founder of Napster, Sean Parker was. Scooter0 (talk) 03:48, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

"tough, urban, blue-collar towns like Rockland and Brockton"
I find this line absolutely hilarious. One, Rockland is not urban. Two, Rockland is not tough. I removed these two adjectives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.250.34.163 (talk) 19:41, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Self promotional?
This bit "Shawn quickly learned that he already knew all of the material being taught to him in classes and was even placed in higher classes he was not qualified to be in. Even then, Shawn became frustrated because he had already learned all the material being taught to him by professors and tutors and eventually dropped out of Northeastern in 1999." sounds like a PR piece. Can this be toned down and maybe some references put in? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.34.61.175 (talk) 00:28, 2 August 2012 (UTC)