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Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture | | Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture: Encyclopedia II - Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture | | In the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, a flashback depicts Shawn Fanning (playing himself) stealing the program from a computer expert played by Seth Green while the latter is napping, providing a humorous folk etymology for the name.
The suffix "-ster" has become a popular component of the brand names of many Internet products, suggesting a peer-to-peer model, such as Grokster, Aimster (later Madster), and Blubster. This has also been extended to Friendster, a site which vaguely recalls Napster's community-building features.See also:Napster, Napster - Origins, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Shutdown, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - Current status, Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture | | | Napster, Napster - Current status, Napster - Legal challenges, Napster - Origins, Napster - Promotional power, Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture, Napster - Shutdown, Rolling Stone's list of the 50 Moments that Changed Rock and Roll, KaZaA, LimeWire, Morpheus (computer program), WinMX, Napster (pay service) | | |
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Napster - References in Anglo-American popular culture
In the 2003 remake of The Italian Job, a flashback depicts Shawn Fanning (playing himself) stealing the program from a computer expert played by Seth Green while the latter is napping, providing a humorous folk etymology for the name.
The suffix "-ster" has become a popular component of the brand names of many Internet products, suggesting a peer-to-peer model, such as Grokster, Aimster (later Madster), and Blubster. This has also been extended to Friendster, a site which vaguely recalls Napster's community-building features.[11],[12]
An episode of animated television series Futurama, centres on the illegal distribution of robotic celebritiy clones over the Internet. The organisation responsible for this was named "kidnappster".
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