1670: "Napster"

1670: "Napster"

Author: JC June 1, 2026 Duration: 5:57
Interesting Things with JC #1670: "Napster" – On June 1, 1999, Shawn Fanning releases Napster, and within months college students are searching each other’s hard drives for MP3 files while campus networks slow under traffic and the music industry moves toward court.

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Duration: 5:35
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Duration: 7:00
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Duration: 2:12
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1519: "Can Dogs Eat Bones?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:56
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1518: "The Original Alien Soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:47
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Duration: 4:53
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Duration: 2:29
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