Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago

Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by cortesoft on Saturday June 01, 2024 @02:14PM (#40547868)

Spotify might not care as much about the music and the artists as pirates, but they sure pay the artists more.

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Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by AlexandrB on Saturday June 01, 2024 @02:25PM (#40547950)

Barely. Some artists outright tell you to pirate their music since most of their money comes from touring/merch.

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Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by ugjka on Saturday June 01, 2024 @03:10PM (#40548291)

I discover stuff on Spotify more than i would ever from pirating and only then i can go watch their live stuff and buy their merch. If I want a Flac i go to Bandcamp though

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Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by TaylorAlexander on Saturday June 01, 2024 @03:53PM (#40548576)

Makes me wonder if artists would see the same benefit then if piracy were legal and someone made a nice Spotify-like frontend for it. I think about how places like library genesis have to be so weirdly arranged because of how illegal they are.

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Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by ShroudedNight on Sunday June 02, 2024 @12:36AM (#40551390)

Wasn't that essentially what Grooveshark was?

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Re:Napster sparked a file-sharing revolution 25 years ago by TaylorAlexander on Monday June 03, 2024 @06:22AM (#40561173)

Ooh possibly! The name is familiar but I’ve forgotten entirely what it was like.

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