Bram Cohen

Bram Cohen

male, 34 years old
computer programmer, BitTorrent, blogger, juggler, Business Person, Jewish…filesharing
Bram Cohen Chief Scientist and Co-founder Bram Cohen is the Chief Scientist and co-founder of BitTorrent, Inc. and the creator of the BitTorrent...
Shawn Fanning

Shawn Fanning

male, 29 years old
Napster, mp3, computer programmer, Virtual Communities, filesharing, filesharing
Shawn "Napster" Fanning (born November 22, 1980, Brockton, Massachusetts&lt;sup></sup>), is a computer programmer. He is best known for developing...
Ray Beckerman

Ray Beckerman

male
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Recording Industry vs. The People, peer-to-peer, labels, RIAA, Association of the Bar of the City of New York…filesharing
Ray Beckerman is an attorney in New York City, a partner in the firm of Vandenberg & Feliu, LLP. He is noted for his analysis and commentary on the...
Niklas Zennström

Niklas Zennström

male, 43 years old
Joost, University of Michigan, peer-to-peer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Skype, kazaa…filesharing
Niklas Zennström, born 1966, is a Swedish entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the KaZaA peer-to-peer file sharing network and Skype peer-to-peer i...
Wesley Willis

Wesley Willis

male, deceased (2003)
schizophrenic, Leukemia death, stream-of-consciousness lyrics, African-American, schizophrenia, singer-songwriter…filesharing
Wesley Willis (May 31, 1963 - August 21, 2003) was a musician and artist from Chicago. A diagnosed schizophrenic, he gained a sizable cult...
Ed Crawford

Ed Crawford

male
Firehose member, whiskeytown, American punk rock singer, Minutemen, Grand National, The Minutemen…filesharing
Charles Edward Crawford, aka ed fROMOHIO, (born ca. 1964) was the lead singer and guitarist for fIREHOSE, a band he formed in 1986 with former...
Josh Kelley

Josh Kelley

male, 29 years old
Joshua "Josh" Bishop Kelley, musician, Georgia (U.S. state) musician, American, Napster, Hollywood Records…filesharing
Joshua "Josh" Bishop Kelley (born January 30, 1980 in Augusta, Georgia) is a singer-songwriter. He began his musical career at the age of 11. He...
Will Sheff

Will Sheff

male
Texas musician, filesharing, macalester college, Okkervil River, Shearwater, Audiogalaxy
Will Sheff is the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River (1998-present). Originally from New Hampshire, he is also a...
Matt Hanson

Matt Hanson

male, 38 years old
Open source culture, Free Culture, crowdsourcing, Creative Commons, filesharing, digital art
Matt Hanson, born (September 17, 1971) is an author, film producer, and film director, specializing in digital art. He has created a series of...
Janus Friis

Janus Friis

male, 33 years old
kazaa, Skype, Joost, Get2Net, everyday.com, sea bathing…file-sharing
Janus Friis is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application KaZaA, and the peer-to-peer telephony application...