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“ Griffin saw exactly where things were going,” Geffen's Robert von Goeben told Vice Magazine in 2014. 'We did it because it can be done and is cool and is fun,' he said, although he did add, 'but also to show there's these other issues involved, like how do you collect copyright fees?' Cue Napster, and everything that followed.Īerosmith had made their own web history, alongside other digital pioneers like Megadeth - who launched the first band website in October 1994 - and the Rolling Stones, who became the first major band to stream a live set over the web the following year. Geffen's Luke Wood, one of the employees who brought a digital culture to the company, had the cavalier approach common to many Silicon Valley pioneers. 'The current state of technology makes it impractical in terms of time and computer storage space to download an entire CD, but several computer companies are working to remedy the matter.' If songs are available free through a computer's phone line, this leaves record labels, manufacturers and retailers out in the cold. Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads CompuServe Information Manager 2.0.1 for Windows (3.5-1.44mb) 2.0.1 for Windows English: 2. The following week, an article in the New York Times recognised both the significance of the event as well as the problems the new technology would usher in, writing, 'At stake may be nothing less than the future of the record business.

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