Seduced by low cost, random access (no waiting for the tape to roll back!), no tape hiss and the ability to lay down hundreds of tracks for each song, music creators jumped quickly and enthusiastically onto the digital bandwagon. A few held out, especially in the early days, when the resolution and overall sound quality of nascent digital technologies were not as good as what we have today. But, for the most part, the digital revolution was a swift takeover.

It was so swift that music creators didn't stop to think about a few critical things, including labeling, archiving, credits and other recording documentation, how the digital files really sounded and - oh! - how to get paid for music when perfect copies could be easily made and readily distributed, for free.

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