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Seeking alternative compression. Hopefully wrong on average. Shameless. Started @getcognito and @bloom

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    1. John Backus‏ @backus Aug 3

      Why were people *paying* to use OiNK, an exclusive BitTorrent tracker? > Classic economist: Unlimited choice > effort and risk > Behavioral economist: Habit! > Political theorist: They're rebelling against corporations! > Sociologist: People want to be in an exclusive communitypic.twitter.com/om38PbIuWg

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    2. John Backus‏ @backus Aug 3

      The book is "How Music got Free" by @stephenwitt: http://a.co/1wjwZuJ  Also, I just realized the screenshot in the main picture ends with a cliffhanger, so here are the next two paragraphspic.twitter.com/mQQjZCDpWI

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      John Backus‏ @backus Aug 3

      The thoroughness of What CD's community was incredible. Look at how many different sources, formats, and bitrates you could choose from for one album! 1 gigabyte of 24bit lossless FLACs, ripped from vinyl records, for all those Taylor Swift-listening audio snobs out therepic.twitter.com/NuBjEqBeuj

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        2. Marino Canal‏ @marinocanal Aug 3
          Replying to @backus

          http://what.cd  was the largest and most comprehensive music library in the world, there were things you just couldn't find anywhere else. such a loss

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        3. John Backus‏ @backus Aug 3
          Replying to @marinocanal

          Yeah, I loved it.

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        4. Marino Canal‏ @marinocanal Aug 3
          Replying to @backus

          Ever got around to see the most sought after torrent? An original script (or storyboard, can't remember) of the original Dune by Jodorowsky, I believe it was worth like $50k in seeding.

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        2. Irish Trader‏ @The_IrishTrader Aug 3
          Replying to @backus

          A familiar conundrum. The site is hard to access and also bans users who do not upload. Unfortunately, uploading is near impossible due to intense competition, so users "cheat" either by finding unique content or renting more competitive bandwith. The result is ubiquitous content

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        3. Irish Trader‏ @The_IrishTrader Aug 3
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          So users are not paying for access, in their minds they were paying to avoid the incredibly laborious and painfully slow process of waiting for their downloads to upload an acceptable ratio, easily months in some cases. They were paying to skip the queue. Content was still free.

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