Exactly though, the fears of the industry of the time were met, one way or the other. Spotify and others came around and basically destroyed the album / CD model, led to independent publishers having way more power than ever before. It is a record company hell that we're living in right now. Despite spending as much as they did to kill Napster, they weren't able to stop the "inevitable."

> Sure, on a small scale, but Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and I'm sure many other platforms exist and are quite successful.

They are not stopping the piracy.

They are providing better service than piracy. As Gabe Newell said, piracy is a service problem.

Offer something convenient and worth the price and a lot of people will pay it just fine.