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Record Companies Take Aim At Free Music Streaming
- Quartz, Monday, March 23, 2015 9:17 AM
Record companies are criticizing streaming services that allow people to listen to ad-supported music for free. But clamping down on free music services could lead to another “Napster moment,” some critics say. “The major labels screwed Napster and screwed the market by killing what was potentially the biggest opportunity the industry could imagine in getting into the digital space early. If they follow through with this, they are going to do it again,” one observer tells Quartz.
