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Napster Sold for $207 Million to Infinite Reality, Which Wants to Launch the Music Streamer Into 3D Virtual Concerts, Ecommerce and More
#Variety #News #InfiniteReality #Napster
Variety · Napster Acquired by Infinite Reality for $207 Million
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“We’re at the #Napster moment in the #AI race. (for #books) When we started streaming music in the early 2000s, most of it was stolen. That wasn’t going to work in the long run. Who could afford to be a musician if no one paid for music.” —Prof. #TobyWalsh, artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales
#OpEd / #Writers / #BlackBooks / #BlackInc / #tech / #BigTech / #theft / #Piracy / #Publishing / #UniNSW <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/07/i-have-been-an-ai-researcher-for-40-years-what-tech-giants-are-doing-to-book-publishing-is-akin-to-theft>
The Guardian · I have been an AI researcher for 40 years. What tech giants are doing to book publishing is akin to theft
Can I claim to be a #tiktokrefugee for free followers?
What about #napster ? #friendster ? #myspace ? #windowsXP ? #dos ?
Ok, I know what you want.... My blockbuster rental history huh? Or the favorite toys I got from #toysrus ? Definitely either my old #tamagotchi or #gameboy....
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Irresistible Bliss turned out to be exactly what it says on the tin. I enjoyed it so much that I went on to the third Soul Coughing album, 1998's El Oso. Then I went back in time to 1994 to listen to an old favourite, Ruby Vroom. Down to This is among many fun tracks on this album;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tevx55rRNRM
From memory, Sugar Free Jazz and
Bus to Beelzebub were among the tunes I downloaded as mp3s from Napster, back when that was a thing.
"The public’s appetite for piracy didn’t go away, and for every Napster that was sued into oblivion, three more sprung up in its place. Their names are now commemorated only in the court decisions that eventually destroyed them: Aimster, StreamCast, and of course, Grokster."
The Year of the Music Licensing Wars:
#Grokster #Napster #MusicHistory #piracy
https://www.theverge.com/c/24239057/music-license-grokster-legal-lawsuit-2004?curator=MusicREDEF
The Verge · The year of the music licensing legal wars