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Chart showing predicted growth of music sales if there had never been Napster. -- (link)

Posted by Mop (210 lbs) (aka rburriel) Apr 15 '11, 15:13

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If not Napster, then something else. Really, it was the MP3 format that killed record sales. (mashable.com)

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that's a faulty chart. The problem is the music industry collapsed depsite Mp3. The early 2000's Sam Goody was still charging $15.99-$19.99 per cd. -- nm - Remlik Apr 15, 16:30 1
- And DVDs cost just a bit more. - the liioulu with Apr 15, 16:36
Imagine if Napster had been invented in 1996 -- nm - Guigue Apr 15, 15:23
"now let's look at buggy-whip sales if the car had never been invented" -- nm - moles Apr 15, 15:16
Debunked ... by none other than Mark Twain. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 15, 15:16 12
- If Bing continues this growth trend, it will surpass Google by 2012! -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Apr 15, 15:17 11
  - When I was a kid we used Yahoo and we were grateful to have it. You kids have it so easy. -- nm - Bacon Apr 15, 16:22 9
    - ST Poll: What was your first search engine? - Mel Profit Apr 15, 16:26 8
      - They called it Webcrawler because it was SO SLOW!! -- nm - Bacon Apr 15, 16:46
      - encyclopedia brittanica -- nm - peglegpete Apr 15, 16:28 3
        
        was that in scrolls or stone tablets? -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 15, 16:34
        
        The library card catalog. -- nm - the liioulu with Apr 15, 16:29 1
        
        : )) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 15, 16:30
      - Dogpile -- nm - the liioulu with Apr 15, 16:28 2
        
        omg, I remember this one...mine was Yahoo, though it was really just an index catalog, they offered inktomi searches too at that time -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 15, 17:00
        
        This -- nm - con_carne Apr 15, 16:50
  - Hmm.... - the liioulu with Apr 15, 16:21
I *said*, "..." -- nm - Disco Stu Apr 15, 15:16

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