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anons are all poorfags who pirate (i'll assume you are as well) so they don't give a shit but it was the beginning of the end for the music industry and the film/tv industry as well
it's the reason there are no mid budget movies any more and everything is an IP
it's the reason we have to wait three years in between seasons of 6 episode shows
it's the reason your favorite band has to jack up ticket and merch prices
sure, by that time Metallica wasn't hurting financially, but p2p killed the little midbudget artists
i was in a shitty hardcore band in the mid 90s through early 2000s and remember being confused as hell when i saw two of our EPs on napster. you could literally buy our 7"s from us for 3 dollars and people were still stealing them.
>i wasn't going to buy the album/buy the movie ticket anyway
sure you weren't, wagie. that's all we spent our paychecks on in the 90s and early 2000s
it is what it is though.