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Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by WarOnPrivacy on Saturday June 01, 2024 @01:31PM (#40547585)
>> some person with every album available in high quality lossless FLAC

> nah. WhatCD’s full catalogue has never been recovered.

The loss of WhatCD's torrent database didn't wipe out anyone's library.

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Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by JetSpiegel on Saturday June 01, 2024 @08:12PM (#40550263)
The value of a library is that it's all in one place.

Burning the Library of Alexandria also didn't burn the other copies, and yet many books were lost.

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Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by WarOnPrivacy on Monday June 03, 2024 @09:27AM (#40562426)
That's a reasonable observation.
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