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by diego_moita 1284 days ago
Before Napster the music industry also had its gatekeepers: the recording companies: EMI-Odeon, Polygram, RCA, Warner Music, ...

Online music piracy destroyed them but then it created other gatekeepers: spotify, iTunes, YoutubeMusic...

This is just one anecdote, but I still don't believe we'll ever have absolute freedom of information. One way or the other gatekeepers sneak in.