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Don't forget the Napster-version of a Madonna-track, where after some time she stopped singing and started scolding the listener: "What the fuck do you think you are doing, stealing my music?!" or something like that. It was pretty wild in the Old Net.
Property really do be the root of all evil.
Haha, too bad I didn't listen to Madonna.