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Sean Parker phooey

posted 9 years ago by bsharporflat
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I disliked the way this movie gave all the credit for developing Napster to Sean Parker. The real brains behind Napster was Shawn Fanning. Sean Parker mainly just put up some money.

Since Sean Parker was also involved in Facebook, I understand why they needed to de-clutter the story and not mention Fanning. But the omission was still annoying to me.

[–] Tomatish 8 years ago

I've watched some interviews with Parker and he seems to think he's the one and only person behind Napster, so I don't think the movie was inaccurate on this point at least.