The document discusses how the love of music and the development of MP3 technology changed the business world over the last two decades. It describes how Napster provided a frictionless way for people to share music files, which disrupted the music industry but also laid the foundation for technological innovations like high-speed internet access, social networks, and new business models. This empowered consumers and stimulated innovation from companies like Apple. Overall, it outlines how the sharing of digital music transformed the marketing and media landscape, with impacts still being felt today through new forms of content distribution and more empowered customers.

1. How the
LOVE OF
MUSIC
has changed
our
BUSINESS
WORLD
How the
LOVE OF
MUSIC
has changed
our
BUSINESS
WORLD

2. Over the last decade, there was a
Many destroyed Value Chains
Various new Markets with new Leaders
Business Innovation everywhere
Empowered & emancipated Consumers
Giant Refresh in the Business World:

3. This is the story about how
the love of music laid the
Foundation for many
Innovations in the past 12
years, turning the Business
World upside down.
Told by Thorsten Faltings
@faltings

4. Chapter 1
First there was MP3
Chapter 1
First there was MP3

5. From 1982 on the
Fraunhofer Institute
in Erlangen
(Germany) was
researching for a
method to store
digital audio data.
From 1982 on the
Fraunhofer Institute
in Erlangen
(Germany) was
researching for a
method to store
digital audio data.

6. Karlheinz Brandenburg
developed the MP3 file
format for audio data
compression together
with Gerhard Stoll (IRT-
Germany), Yves-
François Dehery (CCETT-
France), Leon Van de
Kerkhof (Philips
Nederland) and James
Johnston (AT & T-USA).

7. In 1999, music fans mainly listened to
prerecorded CDs on disc players.
Portable MP3 players were still largely unknown.
In 1999, music fans mainly listened to
prerecorded CDs on disc players.
Portable MP3 players were still largely unknown.

8. Only for some early adopters of tech-savvy music
fans, the new audio format had already taken
hold -the digital MP3.

9. The small size of MP3 files enabled peer-to-peer file
sharing of music ripped from CDs, which would have
previously been nearly impossible.
The small size of MP3 files enabled peer-to-peer file
sharing of music ripped from CDs, which would have
previously been nearly impossible.

10. Chapter 2
The Foundation of Innovation
Chapter 2
The Foundation of Innovation

11. Back in 1999 Shawn
Fanning at the age of 19
was a student at
Northeastern University
in Boston when he had
the idea for a computer
program that would
make sharing MP3s
easier by allowing users
to see a directory of
songs stored on other
members' computers.

12. He called it Napster. He called it Napster.

13. After months writing the program, Fanning released
it to a group of about 150 friends and internet relay
chat acquaintances.

14. Napster's fame spread
by word of mouth, and
it soon had 10,000 to
15,000 users.
But once the program was
featured on Cnet's Download.com
site, the number of users soared
into the millions.

15. Reasons Why Napster was useful: Reasons Why Napster was useful:
It helped people discover new music
Acoustic and various versions of the same song were available
Artists who were once unheard of gained recognition
The more peers online, the broader the spectrum of music
and more.

16. Napster gave everyone in the world a
frictionless, convenient way to get content.

17. "It probably was the single-most-important event
as far as media consumption on the internet is
concerned,"
"It probably was the single-most-important event
as far as media consumption on the internet is
concerned,"
(Phil Leigh, Internet Media Analyst)

18. Disrupting the status quo
Chapter 3
Disrupting the status quo
Chapter 3

19. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
denounced music "sharing" as equivalent to theft, and
filed a lawsuit against Napster in November 1999 (and
against thousands of customers over the coming years)
for stealing music.

20. Heavy metal band Metallica
also filed a lawsuit against
Napster in 2000.
"With each project, we go
through a grueling creative
process to achieve music that
we feel is representative of
Metallica at that very moment
in our lives, ..."
said Metallica drummer Lars
Ulrich in the accompanying
press release.

21. “What record companies don“t
really understand is that
Napster is just one illustration
of the growing frustration over
how much the record
companies control what music
people get to hear, ...“
“Why should the record
company have such control over
how he, the music lover, wants
to experience the music? From
the point of view of the real
music lover, what“s currently
going on can only be viewed as
an exciting new development in
the history of music.“
(Prince 2000)

22. From the music lover“s perspective was it really “free“
QUESTION
From the music lover“s perspective was it really “free“
QUESTION
back in 1999/2000 to download music from Napster
with a 28K Modem blocking the phone line, with some
music files being corrupt, and no flat-fee and
Broadband in sight?

23. Apart from Prince one company understood that for Apart from Prince one company
understood that for
many customers the main purpose of using Napster
wasn“t stealing music.

24. The customers instead wanted a seamless solution
to search for music, find, download and listen to it.
The customers instead wanted a seamless solution
to search for music, find, download and listen to it.

25. And they were willing to pay for a successful solution. And they were willing to
pay for a successful solution.

26. The name of the Company was Apple. The name of the Company was Apple.

27. “...The choice we“ve made, was
music. Now, why music? Well,
we love music! And it is
allways good if you do
something you love.“
“More importantly, music is a
part of everyone“s life. Music
has been around for ever. It
will always be around. This is
not a speculative market. (...)
It“s a very large target market
all around the world. It knows
no boundaries.“
(Steve Jobs during the Introduction
of the first iPod 2001)

28. “With the best-selling iPod, which debuted in
2001, and through the iTunes Music Store, which
launched in 2003, Apple Inc. and CEO Steve Jobs
capitalised on consumers' newfound freedom to
control their media.“
(Mike McGuire, Gartner)

29. in July 2001 but couldn“t stop the revolution. in July 2001 but couldn“t stop
the revolution.
Closed!
The RIAA achieved the final victory against Napster

30. Chapter 4
Impact & Developments
Chapter 4
Impact & Developments

31. Impact #1
The Love of Music was Enforcing
Technological Developments

32. „Napster in its heyday
also was cited as one
reason consumers
were getting high-
speed internet access.
Since then, continued
broadband adoption
rates have paved the
way for the success of
popular online video
sites such as YouTube
and Hulu.„
(Phil Leigh,
Internet Media Analyst)
„Napster in its heyday
also was cited as one
reason consumers
were getting high-
speed internet access.
Since then, continued
broadband adoption
rates have paved the
way for the success of
popular online video
sites such as YouTube
and Hulu.„
(Phil Leigh,
Internet Media Analyst)

33. Impact #2
The Love of Music was Laying the
Foundation for Social Networks

34. Analysts say today's internet
landscape - with millions of
consumers downloading
songs from the iTunes Music
Store, watching videos on
YouTube or Hulu and
networking on social media
sites like Facebook -can be
traced back to the day in
early June of 1999 when
Fanning made Napster
available for wider
distribution.

35. Impact #3
The Love of Music was Stimulating
Business Model Innovation

36. Napster laid also the
foundation to Business Model
Innovation which are
challenging old paradigms:
Napster „gave„ something
away for „Free„ which paved
the road for various
successful Business Models
like „Freemium„
and the logic of a peer-topeer
network illustrated the
possibility to deliver „Less of
More„. The Idea later
described as „The Long Tail„

37. Impact #4
The Love of Music was Influencing
Copyright-licenses free of charge

38. I'm not sure what influenced Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, and Eric
Eldred in 2001 to found the non-profit organization Creative Commons
(CC), but if Napster hasn„t played a role, I would wonder.

39. Creative Commons was invented to create a more flexible copyright
model, replacing "all rights reserved" with "some rights reserved".
In 2008 Nine Inch Nails successfully released their latest Album
„The Slip„ under a CC-Licence over the Internet.

40. notable web-based projects notable web-based projects
using one of its licenses.
would not have been possible
Also Wikipedia is one of the
And even this Presentation
in this form without CC.

41. Impact #5
The Love of Music was Disrupting the
Traditional Media Industry

42. „You can argue that everything that happenedsince has been a reaction to
Napster.„
"What did Napster give everyone in theworld? It gave them a frictionless,
convenientway to get content.„
„Napster helped change the mindset of ageneration that now sees digital forms of
all media,
from music to newspapers, as more convenient.„
„You can argue that everything that happenedsince has been a reaction to
Napster.„
"What did Napster give everyone in theworld? It gave them a frictionless,
convenientway to get content.„
„Napster helped change the mindset of ageneration that now sees digital forms of
all media,
from music to newspapers, as more convenient.„
(Mike McGuire, Gartner Industries' Media Team)

43. Due to the Distribution Channel Internet, new forms of
to produce and distribute content such as Information,
Music and alike was taken from the traditional media
Copyright, continuously shrinking costs for Bandwidth,
Computing Power and Memory Space the exclusive „right„
irrevocably.

44. Impact #6
The Love of Music was Inspiring
New Markets and new Market Leaders

45. Apple has understood best to grasp customer
needs and anticipate social and technological
developments.
Apple performed a metamorphosis from a
Apple has understood best to grasp customer
needs and anticipate social and technological
developments.
Apple performed a metamorphosis from a
computer company into a media company
now offering an attractive platform for digital
content of all kind.

46. Impact #7
The Love of Music also had an Impact on the
New Marketing Reality

47. „Marketing„s control over branding, messaging and
positioning are in unprecedented decline as peer-
„Marketing„s control over branding, messaging and
positioning are in unprecedented decline as peer-
to-peer, crowd sourced, and affinity-based
community interactions gain increasing influence.„
(Accenture Interactive,
Point Of View Series
2010)

48. Chapter 5The Result:
A NEW BUSINESS WORLD
Chapter 5The Result:
A NEW BUSINESS WORLD

49. Business Innovation is everywhere

50. Customers are empowered

51. Marketing became conversation Marketing became conversation

52. Apple is melting the competition Apple is melting the competition

53. More Music is being produced than ever before! More Music is being produced than
ever before!

54. And traditional media companies are still caughtin their old Business Models and
Value Chains.
And traditional media companies are still caughtin their old Business Models and
Value Chains.

55. Recap #1 MP3 enabled peer-to-peer file sharing
of music
#2 Napster gave everyone in the world a
frictionless, convenient way to get content
#3 This was disrupting the Music Industry
and influencing:
Technological Developments
Social Networks
Business Model Innovations
#5 The exclusive „right„ to produce and
distribute content was taken from
traditional media irrevocably
#4 The new Giant Apple was inspired
Empowered Customers
New Marketing RealityRecap #1 MP3 enabled peer-to-peer file sharing
of music
#2 Napster gave everyone in the world a
frictionless, convenient way to get content
#3 This was disrupting the Music Industry
and influencing:
Technological Developments
Social Networks
Business Model Innovations
#5 The exclusive „right„ to produce and
distribute content was taken from
traditional media irrevocably
#4 The new Giant Apple was inspired
Empowered Customers
New Marketing Reality

56. Thorsten Faltings
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Thanks for your attention and sharing!
Thorsten Faltings
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Business Development Consultant
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57. Credits:
Photos Websites
Credits:
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1. tfaltings.de - Pipi „P!nk„ Langstrumpf Flickr.com
2. tfaltings.de - Bowie in a Boombox Wikipedia.com
3. www.se2009.eu - Karlheinz Brandenburg - Photo: Margareta
Stridh/Regeringskansliet Wired.com
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5. Flickr/Tower of Terror, aka CDs/William Hook
6. Flickr/Diamond Rio PMP300/nrkbeta rateyourmusic.com - A Timeline on
7. Flickr/IRC on my TRS-80/Blake Patterson Technology, Social, and Legal Battles
8. Wikipedia/Screenshot Napster in 2001 that have changed in how we
9. Wikipedia/Diagram Napster Unique Users receive and use music.
10. Flickr/Green Hell/Mark Wainwright
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12. Flickr/Even If/Fey Ilyas to Napster
13. Flickr/Money/Andrew Magill
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15. Youtube/Steve Jobs presenting first iPod 2001/Screenshot
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