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96 Bales's criminal record San Mateo Superior Court, case number SM245322A.

97 the woman's sworn statement San Mateo Superior Court, case number F-039868.

99 Soon after Shawn and Parker arrived The stories of the breakfast and rental car incident were from Parker. Parker, Shawn, and Richardson all confirmed the tale of their accidental introduction.

101 Fanning's deputy, Tom Carmody, flew out from Hull Parker's recollection.

104 Kessler and Amram had a series of meetings This was mostly from Kessler, with confirmation from Amram. Kessler was the source for his conversation with Fanning.

105 Ritter made it to the Napster offices This was primarily from Ritter, with backup from another person at the meeting.

106 Ritter returned to work out a deal with Richardson The story of the negotiation was told by both Ritter and Richardson.

107 sales by Fanning and the company According to capitalization tables from the time.

107 the Xtime employees in the adjoining cubicles thought nothing of it The story was told by Xtime's Travis Murdock. The stories from the early days in San Mateo were provided by multiple employees who corroborated each others' accounts.

108 Bales took Shawn, Parker, and Ritter to look at a house This story was told by Parker and Ritter and largely confirmed by Bales, who also provided the account of how he recruited Jensen.

108 the young men blew off steam All parts of this story were based either on one party confessing to something he did or on the accounts of two sources who were closely involved.

109 more than one romance The facts of the Richardson-Garrehy-Lee triangle were confirmed by all parties.

110 one of the very first articles Available at http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-515433.html?legacy=zdnn.

111 it seemed remarkably easy for firms to get Conway's blessing Conway's career path is from The Godfather of Silicon Valley, by Gary Rivlin, AtRandom.com Books, 2001.

112 There was Pixelon For more on Pixelon, see http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,16309,00.html.

113 Another Internet video firm that qualifies as a paragon of the times For more on DEN, see "How a Visionary Venture on the Web Unraveled," in the May 7, 2000, edition of the Los Angeles Times. A summary is available at http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/index.html?ts=1022208002, but they want you to pay $2.50 to read the whole thing.

114 Conway would give editorial director Chris Alden This also is from Rivlin's The Godfather of Silicon Valley.

116 The other major financial participants According to capitalization tables.

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