Shawn Fanning Quotes & Sayings

“If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.”

“Independent artists and labels have always been the trend setters in music and the music business.”

“There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines.”

“I think the most difficult thing had been scaling the infrastructure. Trying to support the response we had received from our users and the number of people that were interested in using the software.”

“I think in terms of the work we're doing now a lot of the UI cleanup... I see it getting much prettier.”

“Nobody has ever built a reliable peer-to-peer service, where people can really access all the music they want in one location,... Once I got it into my head, I couldn't imagine the media space without one.”

“Bertelsmann understood our vision when they first invested in us... They still believe in that vision.”

“Napster works because people who love music share and participate.”

“So the bandwidth issue is definitely a big concern of ours.”

“Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design.”