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The rise and fall and sorta rise again of Napster

Monday, January 19, 2009

File sharing software Napster created a distribution channel that threatened to eliminate the record industry’s control over production and distribution, putting the power in the hands of the consumer.

And it began years before Napster was a thought in young Shawn Fanning’s head. It began, with a new industry standard.

Karlheinz Brandenburg, a specialist in mathematics and electronics, and had bee...


Original article from http://ronijean.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/the-rise-and-fall-and-sorta-rise-again-of-napster/
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