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It was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market.

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Shawn Fanning
Age: 43
Born: 1980
Born: November 22
Computer Scientist
Programmer
North Bridgewater
Massachusetts
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