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00: The most epic battle in music history

Spotify: A Product Story

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Napster and the Music Industry - The Choice Has Been Taken Away

In two thousand one, just two short years after napser had first launched, a circuit chord in california ruled in favor of metallica and issued an junction against napster to deleat every single metallic atrack from its use as libraries. But shaw knew instinctively what every good product person strives to understand: consumers actually want it. And once the consumers had tried it, there was no ing the genie back in the bottle. We should decide what happens to our music, not accompanied with no rights in our recordings, which has never invested a penny in our music or had anything to do with its creation. The choice has been taken away from us. In sweden

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