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For his second act, Napster founder Shawn Fanning founded a startup, Snocap, which utterly failed to change the music business. After he left, its remnants were sold to Imeem. For his third, Fanning joined Volkswagen's new ad campaign. My favorite part about Fanning's commercial, below? Count how many times Fanning or the bug says the word "Napster." Got to love lawyers.
Napster founder Shawn Fanning's third act: Volkswagen pitchman
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2:20 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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Monkeymaster says: Fanning looks like a monkey, therefore, I am his master. Dance, monkey, dance.
really feal sorry for Shawn - commercial is kinda cheezy. setting a new low in 3.. 2.. 1..
Hosted on youtube?
For maximum irony shouldn't you be hosting this on imeem.com?
Not so much fun for everyone! I'll never buy another Volkswagen. They use plastic water pumps that fail, and were not the first person. Do a google on it. The 100,000 mile warranty does not apply in our case. Our story: [BrokenBeetle.com]
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