In Popular Culture
In 2000, Shawn Fanning appeared as a presenter at the MTV VMAs. He appeared wearing a "Metallica" T-shirt, and when asked where he got it, stated, "a friend of mine shared it with me." Lars Ulrich's reaction was shown as feigned boredom.
In October 2000, Fanning was featured on the cover of Time magazine.
In 2003, Fanning had a cameo appearance, playing himself, in the film The Italian Job (2003). In the film, Seth Green's character accused Fanning of stealing Napster from him while he was taking a nap. Although other characters see this as mere bragging, a cutscene shows a devious looking Fanning in fact creeping over Green's sleeping body.
In the spring of 2008, Fanning appeared in a Volkswagen commercial directed by Roman Coppola, in which he poked fun at his file-sharing past.
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