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Piracy was mainstream in the early 90s/2000s. It was only when iTunes came out and the RIAA lawsuits successfully killed the p2p clients that it tamed back do
by slededit 8y ago
Piracy was mainstream in the early 90s/2000s. It was only when iTunes came out and the RIAA lawsuits successfully killed the p2p clients that it tamed back down.
- isostatic 8y agoNapster made music sharing mainstream c. 1999, but only the most extreme people were DCCing sg1 episodes over modems at that point. It was the emergence of iTunes that killed off unauthorised sharing - because the product was available at a reasonable price in the way people wanted it.
- wolco 8y agoiTunes changed the music business into what it is today. The heyday of albums, bands, 20 dollar cds is over. But music has become less special less mainstream and people are less likely to identify themselves by subgroups formed around a music type. Young people are not on mass claiming to be Punks, goths, hippies, metal fans, disco heads, something new etc. Which has slowed down the evolution of music.
- abritinthebay 8y agoI lived that era and that’s nonsense. It was popular amongst tech savvy people, with decent connections, and younger (<25yr old) ones at that. Hell CD burners were not even that mainstream around then (remember how big of a deal it was that the later candy iMacs shipped with a CD burner?) That’s a niche. Not mainstream.