Shawn Fanning
publication date: Thursday, May 15, 2008 (part of Round XXXIV)
category: 
Inventions
clue: This college student stopped napping long enough to program software that changed the music business forever.
explanation: Fanning invented Napster ("napping"), a program for sharing files online that led to much larger changes in the music industry. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Scott Horowitz, Sarah Kyle, Walter Chesser, Shawn Brandt, Jim Kraus, Allison Bair, JB Brenner, Sam Boyarsky, and Michelle Lager
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