ICYMI: Should We All Be Pirating More?
Slate Technology
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Napster: A Short-Lived Social Media Platform
Nico: Napster was extremely short-lived. It started in 1999 and by 2001, it was basically defunct after I think every single record label in the world filed copyright infringement lawsuits against them. Nico: In that short period of time, Napster kind of created, or at least helped create the internet as we know it. And now social media is we're seeing with TikTok, it's like the way people can kind of comment on and deconstruct and remix music to emphasize their videos.
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