My late 20s partner has no idea what Napster is and it breaks my heart.
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Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 weeks agoI highly doubt any artist would genuinely care if someone pirated their music
That’s literally what happened with Napster. Metallica were rather pissed, and Napster shut down, leading the the fun P2P days of Whac-a-Mole.
jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Fuuuuuuuuck Metallica of course it was one of the grotesquely wealthy ones that tried to kill sharing. Maybe the entire industry eat itself and collapse !
Deyis@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
“This is Lars Ulrich, the drummer of Metallica. This month he was planning to install a gold plated shark tank bar beside his pool, but thanks to people like you downloading his music, he must now wait a few months before he can afford it.”