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Computers vs The Music Industry

By thebudadams

  • MP3 Goes Public

    MP3 Goes Public
    After years of private development, the Fraunhofer Society released to the public a Windows app called WinPlay3, which for the first time enabled PC users to listen to MP3 files in realtime. This encouraged cd-ripping and enabled users to collect MP3 files on their hard drives for local playback.

  • Napster Hits the Scene

    Napster Hits the Scene
    Pioneering the peer-to-peer file-sharing scene, Napster creator Shawn Fanning lit the flame that would cripple the music industry. His revolutionary app would centralize all shared music files to allow for anyone on the network to download the file locally. As this increasingly digital age developed, music was now at everyone's fingertips.

  • 1000 Songs in your Pocket

    1000 Songs in your Pocket
    Following the release of Apple's iTunes, in late 2001 Steve Jobs announced what can be considered one of the greatest tech milestones of the millennium, a device allowing "1000 songs in your pocket". Apple knew MP3s were everywhere, by stepping into the game, they not only validated the market, but they would begin to own it.