Picture it. It’s the year 2000. Faith Hill, Santana, Eminem, Rob Thomas and ‘N Sync rule Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 list. And if you listen to these artists’ hits outside of waiting for them to air on the radio, it’s most likely on a Sony Walkman via CD .
If you’re really computer savvy—on napster.com, a free file-sharing network at the height of its 2 years of operability before countless legal battles with artists, music executives and labels end in the site’s shutdown.
Gladiator wins “Picture of the Year,” which, if not in theaters, you watch via DVD or illegal online download. AOL Instant Messenger and email are your forms of online communication. Text messaging is only a year old, and, according to The Week Publications Inc., Americans send an average of only 35 texts per month.
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