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The Way The music Died
By the late 1970s, music sales slide, and the record companies begin an industry-wide campaign to curb home taping. But cassettes hit the big time with the decline of 8-track players and the introduction of the Sony Walkman in 1979. The Walkman revolution coincides with improvement in cassette sound quality and the cassette tape suddenly became the only format that you could have in your home, in your car, and in your pocket. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the record industry's lobbying and trade organization, continues its fight for taxes on blank tapes into the 1980s and legislators eventually grant the music labels a portion of every blank tape sale.

Jim Griffin of OneHouse LLC says lets try it again. Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs.