The People Who Were Sued for Downloading Music... What Ever Happened?

Bandsplaining November 20, 2020
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Lawsuits against downloaders were meant to scare people into buying CDs again. However in the late 2000s a pair of cases went way too far, with even the judge calling the outcome "monstrous and shocking." Interestingly, the fight against digital music began as early as the 1980s. Enjoy the full history of the RIAA vs digital music! **I am now very aware that I mispronounced DIDO** Here's links to some of the title/theme music throughout the vid: https://soundcloud.com/kosmonolyouth/bandsplaining-theme https://enginesummer.bandcamp.com/track/the-sticks Also, I now have a twitter account for updates, music shares and what not: https://twitter.com/bandsplaining

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