i would not have built napster. a.l. great debt to that small -- i/o a great debt to that small cabal of people. they were essentially an underground community of cyber criminals. at the same time, it drove my parents crazy. emily: when you were 16, you met another hacker, sean fanning online. , you guys built napster together. sean: it was a great experience for us. we had nothing to lose. little did we know, there was criminal liability associated with enabling what they call vicarious copyright infringement andhat was unrealistically unprecedented scale. i blame myself that i was not a better negotiator. i could not help them save themselves. it is sad to watch the decline of this industry. it didn't necessarily need to happen that way. emily: why not? sean: consumers turn to piracy by and large when they can't yet get product legitimate channels. there needed to be a legitimate market offering a coming from the record labels and they couldn't get their act together for years and put that in the market. it was frustra

i would not have built napster. small cabalto that of people. -- i/o a debt to that small cabal of people. at the same time, it drove my parents crazy. you met sean fanning online. you guys built napster together. great experience for us. we had nothing to lose. we did not realize there was criminal liability with vicarious copyright infringement on an unprecedented scale. i blame myself that i was not a better negotiator. i could not help them save themselves. it's set to watch the decline of this industry. it didn't need to happen that way. emily: why not? sean: consumers turn to piracy when they can't yet the product legitimate channels. there needed to be a legitimate market offering a coming from the record labels and they couldn't get their act together for years and put that in the market. it was frustrating to watch this long collapse of the industry that was producing something that i loved so much. that was never our intention. we never wanted that to happen. in 1999.sic sales be it's been in years of decl

sean parker cofounded napster and became founding president of facebook. justin timberlake families poor --tray -- famously or trade in a movie.rker he has since settled down, married, and devoted his career to philanthropy. donating millions to support life sciences, global health, and more. joining me today on "studio 1.0," napster andfacebook cofounder, chairman of the parker foundation, sean parker. thank you for having us at your pad in l.a. we want to talk a little about who you are and how you got here. you started coding when you were seven years old. what kind of a kid were you? sean: i was generally a good kid up until a certain point. things went a little bit off the rails. emily: what point was that? sean: we call it hacking now. that has positive and negative connotations. that was the computer underground in the late 1990's. it was, it was a breeding ground for people who went on to be successful entrepreneurs. but at the time we were interested in computer security. it had a way of sucking you in. because there was an element of danger. ther

sean parker cofounded napster in 1999, then went on to the founding president of facebook. justin timberlake famously portrayed him in the movie, "the 's bad network," as tech with your he has since settled down and dedicated his life to political activism and philanthropy. me today on studio 1.0, napster cofounder, facebook founding president, and chairman of the parker foundation, sean parker. thanks for having us at your pad in l.a. i want to start by talking about who you are, how you got here. you started coding when you were seven years old. what kind of kid were you? sean: i think generally, i was a pretty good take, up until a certain point. emily: what point is that? sean: we call it hacking now, which has positive and negative acc connotations. this was computer underground in the 1990's. it was a breeding ground for people who went on to be successful on maneuvers -- entre entrepreneurs. danger.s an element of as i became involved in that world, i became less involved in my day-to-day life. everything was probably going fine until the age of 14, when i discovered

i started with the early days of napster and how he became a hacker. >> everything was going fine until of 14 when i discovered this world, and think goodness i did because i would not have learned to code or about the early internet, i would not have built napster. i only great debt to that small cabal of people who were essentially an underground community of cyber criminals. at the same time i drove my parents crazy. emily: at the same time, you met another hacker online and you moved to silicon valley and built napster. >> it was a great experience for us. we had nothing to lose. little did we know there was a criminal element of enabling copyright infringement. i blame myself only and that i was not a better negotiator and i cannot help them save themselves. but it is sad to watch the decline of this industry. it did not necessarily need to happen this way. emily: why not? >> consumers turn to piracy when they cannot get the product through legitimate channels. they needed to have one coming from the record labels and they could not get their act together for years. it was frustrat

to the business model. >> the music industry sued. >> they started by suing napster and others. >> so they freaked out and sued these people and sued their own customers sometimes. >> they sued a 13-year-old girl and her family. it turned out to be some pretty bad publicity for the music industry in the end. >> appetite for self-destruction. now the record labels license their music to streaming services like apple, spotify, pandora. >> these changes now happen so fast. >> how does a musician make money? >> going on tour. >> doesn't that mean that fewer people can make a living this way? not everybody can go on tour. >> it does. it's a very diminished business than what it was ten or 15 years ago. however, there are many opportunities for younger bands to get big. >> and the audience wins, too. >> we have all the music we could ever want for free or for a minimal price on our fingertips. >> it's the golden age for consumers right now. >> but it's not yet a golden ♪ earth hour is about empowering people making a difference to change climate change with passion and excitement earth hour

internet visionary and napster cofounder sean parker speaks to me about life, love, and his next act.arissa mayer talks about the future of the yahoo! in her place in it. she faces increasing rusher but promises to do what is best for shareholders including perhaps selling the core internet business. she opened up about the rocky road that lies ahead. >> i can see how it would work and how we can get to the successful turnaround. it is about our users and it is about our employees and what is happening with all of them. i certainly hope that our services are here year from now and they run even better. i can see that should easily be the outcome. we have a terrific team and i hope they are allowed to continue on to do the good work. we are going to look at all possible strategic alternatives. i and confident we will have the right one. charlie: if you have reached out to people to ask for, look at the position we are in and what is the best way to go, you are seeking advice from a cross-section of people in silicon valley and the financial community. say this is the challenge we have

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when was the last time we heard napster? >> ginger: that's exactly what i was thinking. meant to be seen on a giant screen, not at home. i've been to your house and your screen is pretty giant. it's the whole surround sound experience. >> julie: i feel like i never leave my house. >> ginger: it's an event. >> lisa: or if you want to watch movies with your kids. get this, if you're constantly killing your apps in hopes of squeezing out extra battery life, you can now stop. >> julie: apple is now confirming it doesn't really save battery life. >> ginger: why does it feel like it works? this is how it all started. this is a picture of an e-mail a customer sent to the chief executive. they asked mr. cook whether closing down multiple apps improving battery life. he responded to the question simply saying, "no." ever since they added multi-tasking to the apps several years ago, questions surfaced about if it reduces but quitting the apps actually drains the battery even more. when you have to reload them, it uses more memory whic

become a reality if some hollywood --------------steven speilberg, jj abrams, and the founder of napster are pushing a concept called screening room.it would let you watch the next star wars movie, for instance, the day of its initial release, in the comfort of your own home.only downside: it won't be cheap. cheap.screening room would charge you 50 dollars to stream a just released film at home.to pacify theater chains, 20 dollars of the bill would go to local movie theaters...to keep them in business.and you could split the bill with friends and neighbors, so that everyone would pay just 10 or 12 bucks...normal movie prices! prices!but don't send out invitations to your friends just yet.the national association of theater owners is opposed to the idea.... due to the risk of people making and selling copies....and the fact theaters make most of their money selling cokes and popcorn.as always dont waste weather summary: one last blast of winter is set for the next several days as temperatures cool right to the 40s by the weekend. as for now, the weather stay quiet. thursday is a mostly su

the founder of napster, he is funding the start up called the screening room. every time a new movie comes out, for $50, you can watch that movie for the comfort of your there are some issues with this. they have to get hollywood on board. they could fork over half of what you are paying to the studio just to say, okay, we are on to this. his technology will prevent people from copying the movies. >> you do not have to spend a lot of honey on candy and popcorn. >> are those movie theaters going to go along with it. >> that is the problem. justin timberlake played him in the movie. justin timberlake. you like that dude. >> the social network. napster guy. >> apple sent out invitations. a big product launch. >> let's loop you in. >> what is this? i cannot see anything. >> possibly a new ipad or up date to the apple watch. nobody really knows. >> iphone seven, i guess. >> the big event is march 21. stay tuned. you and i both did not get an invitation. what else do we have going on here? >> he had that. tricycle. if you can afford it, you are rosanna: also, a sessi

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steven speilberg, jj abrams, and the founder of napster are pushing a concept called screening room. only downside: it won't be cheap.screening room would charge you 50 dollars to at home.to pacify theater chains, 20 dollars of the bill would go to local movie theaters.but don't send out invitations to your friends just yet.the national association of theater owners is opposed to the idea.... due to the risk of people making and selling copies. cooler out the door this morning with dry conditions means a quiet start to thursday. skies stay mostly sunny today as highs increase to 60. you will notice that winds pick up from the west this afternoon and gust up to 35 mph for a few hours. you see him sitting there? he'll sit there like that till he has to go pee. a woman is fighting the state to keep her pet alligator at home.why officials say it a florida woman is fighting this morning to keep her pet...alligator. you want to get on the bike bikemary thorn has had rambo the alligator for 11 years but now officials say she might have to give him up because he's gotten too big.the alligato

--------------steven speilberg, jj abrams, and the founder of napster are pushing a concept called screening room.it would let you watch the next star wars movie, for instance, the day of its initial release, in the comfort of your own home.only downside: it won't be cheap. cheap.screening room would charge you 50 dollars to stream a just released film at home.to pacify theater chains, 20 dollars of the bill would theaters...to keep them in business.and you could split the bill with friends and neighbors, so that everyone would pay just 10 or 12 bucks...normal movie prices! prices!but don't send out invitations to your friends just yet.the national association of theater owners is opposed to the idea.... due to the risk of people making and selling copies....and the fact theaters make most of their money selling cokes and popcorn.as always dont waste your money. john matarese 9 on your side. and john will be back today starting at 5....with a warning about springtime travel scams that could take your money, and leave you with a horrible vacation.plus: cars that consumer reports says are not

kennedy: the co-founder of napster, he's promoting an idea called the screening room where customersorego theaters and pay for his service that would allow people to watch movies on opening day on their televisions. but there is a lot of resistance to it. >> part of me is we have to come together at a society and be friend. that would help with all the violence that happens in this country. but thin went to see the movie "the witch." there was a man behind me burping. i never had the experience before. so i think he has a good idea. >> pizza belch. kennedy: if you watch a movie in your house you can get any cocktail you want. sean tucker has billions of dollars. he has powerful ally. i would love to not wait in line. >> main companies tried to do this up until a year ago. if netflix can't do it why does sean parker think he can fight the season mass and the big theater companies. kennedy: he's giving 20% to distributors. >> they tried the same business model with directv. kennedy: people are clamoring for this. >> they will pay for it. >> i would pay $20 to $25 for a movie ticket and

president founding and napster cofounder sean parker has a new business plan. the day of their release. users would pay a fee for the secure anti-piracy set-top box. >> consumers turn to piracy, by and large, when they can't get the product through legitimate channels. so, there needed to be a legitimate market offering coming from the record labels, and they couldn't get their act together for years to put that in the market. it was frustrating to watch this ang collapse of the -- industry that was producing something i loved so much. that was never my intention. music sales peaked in 1999 and since there it is been years of decline. you are now on the board of spotify. do you think that streaming services can and the years of decline --and the years of decline? decline?e years of sean: it looks like it has bottomed out. couldwild, spotify replace the the client cd sales and decline in downloads, but not both. how do you convince people to pay for services when there is so much available for free online? the music has played industry as far back as radio. with

but in music, when he co-created napster, he certainly disrupted the music industry.nk the era of going to the movies is going to come to an end. it's just going to change. >> all right. fine, fine. let's see what happens next. i feel very old with all this technology, this newfangled stuff. >> you're not as old as me, isha. don't worry about it. >> that's true. sandro, always a pleasure, my friend. thank you. and this is "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. thank you for watching. i'm isha sesay. for our viewers in north america, "amanpour" is neck. for everyone else the news continues with michael holmes in bruce sxlz errol barnett at the cnn center right after this. . >>> tonight crackdown in pakistan after islamic militants carry out a brutal suicide bombing on christians in lahore killing 70 people and injuring hundreds more. and as the group threatens fresh violence we get answers from pakistan's ambassador to the united nations, la lee ha lodhi. also hope among the ruins. syria's antiquities chief joins us about recapturing the ancient city of palmyra from isi

sean parker was a napster cofounder and and remade it as a backer of spotify.s one of the founding president of facebook. he sat down with emily chang who joins us now. ofspoke to you about some the biggest names in silicon valley -- twitter, facebook, snapchat -- let's his view of the social media landscape? emily: he was portrayed by justin timberlake in "the social network. he's very cerebral and thinks about big ideas and is positive since he of the things left facebook. bigas supportive of the risks and bets but i asked him what's the next egg business? oculus,ght whatsapp and but what is going to be the stream of revenue a decade from now? the interesting question for facebook is that it is something different entirely -- some crazy expect would never facebook to make. he asked the question should facebook consider buying snapchat again? : munication is the biggest market in the world and medication cannot be undervalued. are there a lot of other can vacation paradigms and other ways of communicating that facebook could enable? does it make sense for face

sean parker co-founded napster in 1999 and went on to become the founding president of facebook.ding tech snoop dogg and others. justin timberlake portrayed him in the movie "the social network" as tech bad boy. he has since settled down, married, and devoted his career to philanthropy.

it is being launched by the guy from napster fame. here is how it works. a $150 set top box . the screening room is being tested in some homes m -- look. >> clark kent, daily planet. >> son of crypton. >> he seemed to be enjoying batman v superman. maybe that's it. maybe you have to enjoy it in your home. so they understandably are not so hot on people watching at home. moviegoers theng it -- think it is exciting. >> no. >> no. that's too much. i could buy so much food with that. >> the movie i saw cost a fraction of that and it was on a way bigger screen than i have at home. >> absolutely not. >> maybe not that excited. dierdra, do you think this is a good idea? i think this is where it is going. >> $150 is the proprietary set top box and i am just looking back, but they kind of tried it. it was $29.99. it wasn't an immediate release, but it was a newer release and that fail spectacularly. i personally like leaving home. i live in new york city. i know, andy says are you crazy? i like to leave even if it is for five blocks even if it is to a movie theater

. >> the creator of napster wanted to create a screening room allowing those people to watch it on their home television sets for $50 per movie. >> no. that's too much. i can buy a lot of food with that. >> the movie i just saw cost a fraction of that. home on a friday night to go to the movies it will represent the screening room. may be instead it appears to an audience of homebodies. >> absolutely not. no matter how bad the situation was in the movie theater. >> the price point might be a deal breaker when you factor in a hundred $50 for the box. people could actually save money to watch at home if they came together. >> my friend has a 50-inch tv and all the popcorn i can eat i would be there. >> the startup would not seem to have a website but director stephen spielberg and others all endorse the proposed system. >> i might not like it. >> it's good to get out of the house instead of laying around. >> to show the big's screen with has died. she said i'll never forget all the days we spent together. it was actually a rescue dog and he went on with legally blonde. >> dari: customers t

the guy from napster. for $50, rent the movie that hits the big screen in the theater and people will do that and the theatres have to find a way to get people to pay tickets. instead of saying they'll watch the movie in the comfort of their own home. >> john: there is a demand for that. the kids can be annoying but there are a lot of annoying adults in movie theatres, too. >> i agree with that! especially with cell phones. i can see the light though it is on vibrate. shut it off. >> john: please do. to universal studios. what do you got? >> willie wonka inspired chocolate factory. calling it the chocolate factory and they'll show you where you can buy it and the sundaes look amazing and key lime pie but are serving real food as well. why bother with this burger and the sandwich when you can have a sundae or a milk shake. >> john: why fill up on that stuff when you have the chocolate and ice cream in the end. >> how much are the shakes going to go for? >> john: $6.50, $7? >> i was thinking $15, $17. >> joh

among the people were tesla's elon musk, google cofounder larry page, napster sean parker and apple ceo tim condition along with republicans senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, strategist karl rove and house speaker paul ryan all reportedly there. >>> some heavy hitter. >>> pedestrian deaths are on the rise in california. a new study shows they increased some 7% in the first half of 2015 over the previous year. just under 350 californians were killed by cars. nationally, pedestrian deaths went up 6% during the same period. but the nonprofit behind the study says once final stats are compiled, that number could be even higher. >>> state lawmakers are making a new move to tax mike sugerman in california. they would have to pay a health impact fee of 2 cents an ounce for the distributors. $2billion a year in revenue would help fund health issues. >>> time now 6:0. a group of college students is accused of running an international drug smuggling ring. what they had to say when we confronted them. >> a rare phenomenon providing spectacular views over indonesia. we'll take a look at some

elon musk, larry page, napster sean parker,apple ceo tim cook , senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, strategist karl rove and house speaker paul ryan were all there. >>> time now 5:10. bart says keep your seat to yourself. coming up, how the transit agency plans to punish passengers who take up too much space. >> from the kpix 5 weather center, sure, we have light rain right now but i'm tracking heavy rain and we'll tell you when you should expect it. >> dealing with wet roads out there but mass transit is on time including ace rail. i'll is details coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. it's "hump day." we have sprinkles out there with mostly cloudy skies. we have temperatures in the low 50s. the snow report coming up in five minutes. >>> a crackdown on bart for passengers' bad behavior. from "manspreading" to hogging seats, kpix 5's john ramos says, it could cost you >>> reporter: as the bay area's economy grows, competition for a seat on bart is heating up. and so are people's tempers when they see this, or this, or even this. [ laughter ] >> that's rude to take up tha

among the attendees, tesla's elon musk, google's cofounder larry page, napster creator sean parker, apple'seo tim cook. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, political strategist karl rove and house speaker paul ryan. >>> an american tourist was killed and ten others wounded in a stabbing near tel aviv. police say the attacker stabbed the victims along a popular boardwalk. officers shot and killed him. the stabbing happened about a mile from where vice president joe biden was visiting israel's prime minister. the vice president condemned the attacks. >>> major hurdle removed in california's plans for a $64 billion high-speed rail system. a sacramento county judge ruled that the plans do not violate promises made to voters when they approved state financing for the project. attorneys to who represents kings county and a group of landowners wanted to block the financing. they claim that the state's projections on ridership and other figures were not reliable. but the judge said the system is evolving so it's premature for the court to intervene. >>> san francisco supervisor david campos wan

it's the brainstorm of shawn parker and napster fame.movie, people familiar with the idea say several major studios are interested in the service, but there are no firm deals just yet. $50 is about what it cost to go to the movies. >> that's a good point. initially i was thinking it was so expensive. if you have a family with kids. withç popcorn. it's just to walk in the door. forget the candy and the popcorn. >> i'll deny this if i wasn't saying it on tv. there's a guy on 52nd street who has them for five dollars. that would be wrong. the whole point of paying to go out, is you go out. i'm not going to pay $50 to watch in my own house. >> if you have kids, to pay a babysitter. >> this is for the whole family. i'm too cheap, i wouldn't pay $50. i can wait a couple weeks. 1.49 on red box. >> no movie i want to see that bad. > we want to get your opinion on this. we're cheap stakes so we wouldn't actually do this. would you pay to see movies in your own living room? h these are the ones right the same day they come out. i'll pay to watch

napster creator and founder shawn parker. elon musk, karl rove was there.on't know if it eaudio he involved. but the point was they are nervous about trump. if you are a tech ceo, you are nervous because you use a lot of immigrants. you are worried about donald trump and what he is saying. >> talking about visas. >> yes. and apple has to produce in the united states. what good is it for us to have them producing in china. guess what, the phones would get a heck of a lot more expensive if they were produced in the united states. >> even if there was the technocloj clojical no how to make them right now in the united states. >> the capacity would be difficult. two issues important to technology that they would be worried about trump. >> but i have heard on other forums i think there is an idea for some people this was a special meeting designed to stop trump. it has been an annual conference. 50 years. secret thing. you can't get in there. >> what are the major benefactors. >> kato is coke. >> ricketts. >> a big supporter. >> going back to the earliest days.