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Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

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Re: Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

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Post by sizzzzlerz »

Still remember the very last day Napster was alive. It was an absolute feeding frenzy as thousands and thousands of people were attempting to download everything they could before it all went away. Napster was, basically, a giant middle finger to the record companies and their control over what got released and their ability to put out albums containing one or two songs people wanted and then stuffed with what ever crap they could shovel into it.

The music business changed that day.

Re: Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

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Post by echelon »

> According to the RIAA’s former CEO, Hilary Rosen, a few months after Napster’s release, the music industry shifted into full panic mode. In February 2000, all major label executives discussed the threat during an RIAA board meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.

> “I will never forget this day. All of the heads of the labels, literally the titans of the music business, were in that room. I had somebody wheel in a PC and put some speakers up and I started doing a name that tune,” Rosen later recalled.

> The major music bosses started to name tracks, including some that weren’t even released yet, and time and again Napster would come up with results. Needless to say, the board was terrified.

They're about to be more terrified. Suno and Udio are just the beginning of the complete unraveling of the need for studio capital.

It's going to happen to Hollywood too.

Re: Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

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Post by coretx »

cushpush wrote: post #3
tiahura wrote: post #2

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Modern music is fire, modern music distribution is a dumpster fire.

That's because of using the IPR's for market/platform/eyeballs/etc.-gatekeeping is more lucrative. Such behavior is illegal in any other market, but in media it's not for "unknown" reasons.

Re: Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

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Post by gedy »

echelon wrote: post #12

> According to the RIAA’s former CEO, Hilary Rosen, a few months after Napster’s release, the music industry shifted into full panic mode. In February 2000, all major label executives discussed the threat during an RIAA board meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. > “I will never forget this day. All of the heads of the labels, literally the titans of the music business, were in that room. I had somebody w…

Maybe, but don't discount media lobbying gov't, and trying to generate moral outrage about AI stealing from artists, deep fakes, AI safety, etc to make sure only big corps control AI.

Re: Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

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Post by mmh0000 »

Napster was such an improvement over what it replaced, but, it’s funny by today’s standards Napster was so “basic”.

I remember waiting 3+ hours for a single song to download. Then discovering it wasn’t what I wanted but a troll who renamed the `Barney The Dinosaur I love you` song. Then I’d spend another 3+ hours downloading a different song. Ah 56k internet, what fun.

Today, TPB and a quick search can give you an artist’s entire discography in one go. Or if you’re into automation, lidarr , sonarr , and radarr can pull in your favorite things as soon as they’re released.

What I find most strange about the modern day piracy is quality. It blows my mind how different groups fight to offer the best version of a free thing. And they’re so good at it, that the pirated product is usually substantially better than the official version.

Re: Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

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Post by im3w1l »

mmh0000 wrote: post #15

Napster was such an improvement over what it replaced, but, it’s funny by today’s standards Napster was so “basic”. I remember waiting 3+ hours for a single song to download. Then discovering it wasn’t what I wanted but a troll who renamed the `Barney The Dinosaur I love you` song. Then I’d spend another 3+ hours downloading a different song. Ah 56k internet, what fun. Today, TPB and a quick search can give you an ar…

3+hours? I remember being able to download roughly 10 songs in an hour.

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Post by napierzaza »

mmh0000 wrote: post #15

Napster was such an improvement over what it replaced, but, it’s funny by today’s standards Napster was so “basic”. I remember waiting 3+ hours for a single song to download. Then discovering it wasn’t what I wanted but a troll who renamed the `Barney The Dinosaur I love you` song. Then I’d spend another 3+ hours downloading a different song. Ah 56k internet, what fun. Today, TPB and a quick search can give you an ar…

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Re: Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

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Post by sumedh »

echelon wrote: post #12

> According to the RIAA’s former CEO, Hilary Rosen, a few months after Napster’s release, the music industry shifted into full panic mode. In February 2000, all major label executives discussed the threat during an RIAA board meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. > “I will never forget this day. All of the heads of the labels, literally the titans of the music business, were in that room. I had somebody w…

Steve Jobs was able to use their fear to sign up most publishers on itunes.
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