Frank Zappa proposes the rise of File Sharing and Music Streaming Services…in 1989.
In “The Real Frank Zappa Book,” he lays out a plan detailing how to both deliver and charge for music in a digital medium and very accurately lays out the cultural shift in music consumption that wouldn’t occur for another decade. Even after the rise of Napster and iTunes, it took another decade for companies to figure out the exact sort of payment system he proposed.