Napster's High And Low Notes
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The brainstorm of a 17-year-old college freshman became the hottest phenomenon on the Net in less than a year. Now under legal assault, its very existence is in doubt. Whatever happens, Napster has changed the music biz forever.
Shawn Fanning drops out of Northeastern University after the first semester of his freshman year to finish writing the software for Napster.