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Skype and Kazaa: Niklas Zennström

2025-03-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 10m ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Skype and Kazaa: Niklas Zennström
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About this episode

In the early 2000s, one of the most popular pieces of software in the world was a free peer-to-peer file-sharing network called Kazaa. It was launched by two Scandinavian entrepreneurs, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, with the simple idea that internet users should be able to share anything with a