Ah, the infamous "Home Taping Is Killing Music" campaign from the 1980s—a piece of pop culture melodrama if ever there was one. It's ironic now, isn’t it? Cassette tapes were labeled the "grim reaper" of the music industry, yet they were often the very medium through which music spread far and wide, creating fans who might otherwise never have heard these bands.
I mean, imagine trying that slogan today: "Streaming Is Strangling Art!" or "Playlist Sharing Will End Civilization as We Know It!" It’d be meme material within minutes. If anything, the whole campaign now feels like a quaint relic of a time when they thought the worst thing music lovers could do was... enjoy music together. Turns out the real villain wasn’t home taping; it was overpriced records!
