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So this article has been making the rounds since being posted yesterday. It's a fantastic look inside the mp3 release scene that was almost always responsible for an album first hitting the internet. As a former scene member and avid IRC user, this was really intriguing. Definitely worth reading if you have some time. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business The author also has a book further examining this story due out in June, entitled "How Music Got Free"