Most file sharing “histories” start with Napster in 1999
More interesting to rewind to 1997 when RIAA took down @dweekly’s mp3 website. Starting at pure centralization, p2p’s evolution becomes legible: decentralizing as little as possible w/ new legal precedents set annually
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Double pendulum product/market fit for p2p: • Centralized mp3 Servers: UX • Link-only websites: swing towards decentralization • Napster: swing towards UX • Likewise (Gnutella): decentralization • Kazaa/eDonkey: UX (better search) • BitTorrent: decentralization
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