MU121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Shawn Fanning, Reality Television
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Allowed users to exchange music over the internet. Cut record labels and artists out of the process. Represented 5 major labels and a bunch of smaller ones. Did not like the effect of napster on their profits. However, napster proved many internet users felt anything on the web should be free including artistic material. Music industry continued to struggle with issues of ownership to this day. Tapped into america"s high tech and percieved violent culture. One of most popular movies was pulp fiction. Thugs who would rather kill than see their boss"s valuables stolen. Marketed as actual footage recovered from 3 student filmmakers who disapeared into the. To promote myth surrounding the movie, producers used the internet to form an underground coommunity and spur the movies popularity. Titanic, jurassic park, forrest gump topped box office and exploited quickly developing forms of digital technology to produce stunning special effects. Many felt like voyeurs in these strangers lives.
