Assorted Materials: Johnny Ryan

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The MP3, its origins, and its impact

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 27 April 2009

Continuing on the music theme for my forthcoming book, and the disruption caused by the Internet to established industries…
In 1996, the song ‘Until it sleeps’ by Metallica became the first track to be illegally copied from CD, encoded as an MP3, and made available on the Internet by a user operating under the nickname ‘NetFrack’. [...]

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Music industry: hope in the Long Tail and a long history of technological turmoil

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 26 April 2009

A thought on an area that I’m going to have to tackle for the book. In 1999, the top 10 albums in the United States generated sales worth over 54.6 $M. By the end of 2008, that figure had fallen to just under $18.7 $M. Yet, 2008 marked a peak of four consecutive years of [...]


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I'm interested in 4 things: A) THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET AND ITS LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE; B) Ireland’s Digital Competitiveness; c) the Political Impact of the Internet; D) How ideas - including violent political ideas - are communicated online.

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