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AS CRAZY AS IT WAS FOR SHAWN FANNING AND THE OTHERS in the fall of 1999, the period provided many of the high points in their adventure. John Fanning stayed in Hull most of the time, reappearing mainly for board meetings. Nobody had sued anybody, and perhaps they wouldn't. And no matter how messed up the business side of the company was, the engineers managed to teach themselves just enough new tricks to keep the system from collapsing as the number of users soared into the millions. The crew was beginning to have a tough time imagining what could stop Napster from becoming the fastest-growing business in history. When there was time for fun, it was serious fun: The Napster-sponsored rave in October was just one of the temporary escapes from reality.

It was after another chemically enhanced rave that Shawn and Sean Parker returned home and flipped on MTV. They caught a few seconds

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