Talkie Walkie Turns 20

The year 2004 stood at the divide where physical media made a last stand against a tidal wave of digital ubiquity. Peer-to-peer file-sharing pioneer Napster hinted at a future devoid of CD search parties, where users could fill hard drives with more music than the collective inventory of Camelot Music, but it filed for bankruptcy in 2002 after losing lawsuits from the likes of Metallica and the Recording Industry Association of America. Sibling MP3 swapper Kazaa would encounter a similar fate...

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