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The RIAA, villain of the Napster era, turns its sights on AI firms -- 'It's a lot more fun now'
For my entire life, the RIAA was synonymous with suing music fans for downloading songs on Napster. Do you still encounter that sentiment about your work today? It's a lot more fun now.
The day the music industry sued someone for $72 trillion
In the first decade of the 2000s, the recorded music industry lost millions to piracy. One of its solutions was to sue ...
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4 ways Napster changed the music industry, from streaming to how artists make money
Overall, 1999 represented peak recorded music revenues, according to RIAA, of $26.7 billion. CD sales would begin a decline to $537.1 million in 2023. "Napster was the beginning of the end for ...
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Learning from Napster
For example, is what Napster doing legal? The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says Napster encourages piracy on a grand scale. I agree, although Napster is predictably saying they ...