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155 But he was also a husky six-foot-three Background from Dannen's Hit Men. Al Smith declined several interview requests.

160 Richardson gave her music-discovery pitch Interviews with Richardson and Cohen.

160 Bales came down for the get-together Interviews with Samit and Bales.

160 Tom Gieselmann, an investor with Bertelsmann's venture-capital arm Interviews with Bales and Gieselmann.

164 “Are you sure suing them is enough?” The anecdote was told by Rosen.

167 John Fogerty told the crowd at one benefit concert Reported in the February 28, 2002, Los Angeles Times.

168 “The record industry fiddled on the sidelines” A copy of Henley's prepared testimony was posted at http://www.recordingartistscoalition./.

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171 The lawyers opposed linking According to interviews with Ritter and others.

174 Gnutella would have had some major headaches The story was confirmed by McGann, Ritter, Song, and Rogers.

175 Soon someone using Frankel's IRC handle “deadbeef” Reported by Amy Harmon in the March 20, 2000, New York Times.

176 That worried Shawn, who wondered if AltaVista's According to Shawn's e-mails.

176 Ritter went to dinner with Dodge The story was told by Ritter.

179 Ritter and Shawn quickly got hold of him in a private chat According to Ritter.

184 chairman Andy Grove, the head of the world's largest microprocessor maker The comment was printed by Fortune and other outlets and was posted on Napster's website until Grove asked that it be removed, according to a Napster source.

185 Kan had applied at Napster The story was told by Ritter and Dembo and not disputed by Kan.

188 soon got a call from Conway's more-organized partner Bozeman's call was remembered by Kan.

188 “There was no specific business model” Bozeman's comment is from “Can Peer-to-Peer Grow Up?” by Justin Hibbard, in the December 4, 2000, Red Herring.

189 The moral of some of Cringely's technology stories Robert Cringely, Accidental Empires, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1992.

189 The Innovator's Dilemma Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School Press, 1997.

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192 Fanning and his marketing deputy, Tom Carmody According to Richardson and Amram. Another executive confirmed the amount. Parker remembered overhearing Richardson demanding of Fanning over the phone, “Why is Tom Carmody on the payroll?”

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