... wow. Ben Affleck perfectly predicting Spotify and Netflix in a random 2003 interview Almost exactly right about the unit economics of annual music subscriptions and the timing of online movie streaming. Solid point too on how shareware (Napster) is a necessary predecessorpic.twitter.com/mpEgRPK4zL
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I've been diving deep on the history of file sharing. If you listen to early news reports about Napster, it sounds a lot like fear around blockchain todayhttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1012070561306963968 …
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Artists like Soulja Boy got their name out there by leveraging file sharing services like Limewirehttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1014034580473434117 …
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Fun fact: Music industry revenue actually went UP after Napster took off. It didn't start plummeting until the iPod was releasedhttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1006242203050610688 …
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People in the 2000s warez scene risked going to prison in order to leak music online, pseudonymously. When you think about what motivates people, does your model explain the warez scene?https://twitter.com/backus/status/1006391268216205312 …
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John Backus @backusDoes your mental model of human behavior explain the 2000s warez scene? • Competition to leak high profile albums • High risk of prison • Not for profit! • Against rules to share leaks outside The Scene • Not about love for music. They leaked the SpongeBob movie soundtrackShow this thread3 replies 7 retweets 48 likesShow this thread -
If you're interested in the connections between p2p file sharing history and blockchain, I've written about a bunch of connections in this article:https://medium.com/@jbackus/fat-protocols-arent-new-42d2c538db41 …
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@internetarchive’s incredible resources which include a lot of old TV news clips. I basically spent last night watching everything that comes up when I search “file sharing”2 replies 3 retweets 48 likesShow this thread -
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MP3s catalyzed the music revolution by compressing music to 1/12th the original file size. Did you know that a lot of the compression techniques work by reducing the quality of audio that the human ear can’t pick up?https://twitter.com/backus/status/1006958023321870337 …
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Lots of new formats are lining up to replace mp3. Better quality and smarter compression. Google, Mozilla, Netflix, Amazon are all on board
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Yup. MP3 wasn't even better at the time but it won culturally enough to takeoff. Now Spotify for example uses Ogg vorbis
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Yup! Personally think we need another iPod/Walkman revolution for consumers to know&adopt new formats. Sony is doing a good job with its HiRes audio lineup. A smarter Walkman with streaming/downloads support will be the way to go.
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