HOW DID PIRACY BEGIN? {Opinion}

In the antiquated years of known nostalgically as the 'Vinyl Music Era', music was cherished like gold and treated as such. Music was to be purchased at one place only: the record store. This is where the records' artwork were admired by potential purchasers. People assisted you in purchasing the record by making recommendations according to the music listeners (the consumer) preference. For this reason, purchasing (as well as making) music was more of an experience and less less often occurring. While there may have been people selling stolen records, or selling second-hand vinyls, nobody could reproduce the vinyls and receive satisfactory. The difference between then and now begins with the cassette.

The cassette brought on the idea of reproducing songs to share with friends. 'Mix-tapes" were used as a way to pick out the music to which you would like to listen to, or just copy a whole cassette to give to some to listen too. While this may have been good for the growth music, it also (slightly) effected the music industry's profits. The inception of music copying lead to piracy, but did not really have much effect until the dawn of the 'Internet Era'.