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Re:MTV blames Internet piracy for its demise as a music chan... by phamilton on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @02:06AM (#2169413)
How did napster affect music videos any more than radio does? Listening to music is very different from watching music videos.
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Re:MTV blames Internet piracy for its demise as a music chan... by jonburs on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @03:44AM (#2169572)
Napster allowed you to choose what music to listen to (and when and where you wanted to listen to it). On the radio (and MTV, when they actually played videos) the choices were made for you.

Kind of like network / cable TV -> DVRs, Hulu, Netflix streaming...

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