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Fifteen Years of ‘Utopia’: Napster and Pitchfork as technologies of demoncratization

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posted on 2023-05-18, 02:52 authored by Carter, D, Rogers, I
The legacy of Napster is filled with bold claims that continue to circulate. As recently as 2013, Wired writer Angela Watercutter described the service as “strings of code that forever changed the relationship between technology and music.” In this paper, we set out to problematize this narrative by outlining a seldom–reported pre–history of Napster combined with an expanded examination of the alternative legacies surrounding the platform. One such legacy is the rise of eclectic music criticism portal Pitchfork.com, a media entity (and business model) that similarly traded on a revolutionary backstory.

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Publication title

First Monday

Volume

19

Issue

10

Pagination

1-12

ISSN

1396-0466

Department/School

School of Creative Arts and Media

Publisher

First Monday Editorial Group

Place of publication

United States

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Copyright 2014, David Carter and Ian Rogers

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