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All the Rave
- The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning’s Napster
- Narrated by: John Rubinstein
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics
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Publisher's Summary
The definitive inside account of the file-sharing revolution that overthrew the music industry, All the Rave reveals the family betrayal, greed, and mismanagement that hijacked one the most fundamental innovations of the Internet era.
Named one of the three best books of 2003 by Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc., All the Rave has been out of print until now and unavailable in most formats.
Author and veteran technology journalist Joseph Menn also wrote 2010's Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords who are Bringing Down the Internet.
As an added bonus, this audiobook includes a special interview with the author, conducted by Susie Bright.
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- Susie
- 04-29-13
The Far-reaching Karma of Napster
Shawn Fanning and Napster overthrew the music industry—and if you don't think you're still reeling from that revolution, sit down and prepare to have your mind blown.
Fanning never went away. His legend in IT and the transformation of intellectual property on the Internet is something we take for granted now— but its origins are something out of a down and dirty mystery novel.
This is Joseph Menn's meticulous investigation of how Shawn unearthed the firmament— the eye-opening reveals are incredible. The tale of Fanning's shady uncle pushes the story into a true-crime investigation.
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- Tim
- 03-16-13
Digital Ponzi Scheme
After reading about Napster and Shawn Fanning, the company seem like a digital Ponzi scheme. I'm a child from the Napster era and "All the Rave" was a decent read, but the actual company and leadership was a big joke. Terrible management.
I don't feel bad for Shawn Fanning. He might had been a good coder, but no leadership and you never do business with family. John Fanning, his uncle, was the reason for Napster failures. Maybe if Shawn's uncle wasn't apart of the company, Napster would still be here.
They pretty much destroy themselves. The company just sounded shady from the start.
Even after the death of Napster, any savvy user could easily find these files elsewhere.
Thank you Napster for bringing the technology of "sharing" to the Internet.
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- Siobhan Ricci
- 06-22-17
Mehster
I looked up, it was zero zero out of time. Pirate it like its 1999
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- Eliza vB
- 04-11-13
Could have been such an interesting story
What disappointed you about All the Rave?
I found the story was not put together in a way that was engaging or very interesting. The potential for a great telling of the story of Napster. This was boring.
What was most disappointing about Joseph Menn’s story?
The narrator's delivery and weak writing.
Would you be willing to try another one of John Rubinstein’s performances?
I would have to hear a sample first to make sure this book's failure was just the bad writing and storytelling.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment. Was excited to learn more than was in the newspaper about the rise and fall of Napster.
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- Kris Als
- 03-11-17
Great (and surprising) story of Napster
a great story of fans of any of of the following - peer-to-peer, the changes to the music industry, napster, entrepeneurs, silicon valley, leadership of innovation, the law and it's relationship to technology and innovatoon and more. really enjoyed it. Good production from Audible too.
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- Anthony Moy
- 11-15-20
90% Name dropping. 10% interesting content.
This is one of the most ultra detailed and painfully over researched books I have ever listened to. The actual story is interwoven inside a never ending parade of names, names, names, names and more names. The book is 90% names. Detailed accounts of interactions between silicone valley characters (including what they ordered for lunch in a cafe) are commonplace in the text. Did I mention names. So many names. While I appreciate the original text may have been more relevant at the time, there is definitely room to condense and “re-master” this title as a great (shorter) history lesson for the modern age. So many names.