Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

If all the music you listen to was shared on Napster in 1999, what do you think the affect would be on history?

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If all the music you listen to was shared on Napster in 1999, what do you think the affect would be on history?

Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

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Unless the MP3 is coded to note that Trent won an Oscar, they wouldn’t know it.

They would know he wrote it, though.
- the dopamine fiend@lemmy.world
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  I keep meticulous metadata.
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    The funny song about smoking weed is definitely by Wierd Al Yankivich.

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