90s Timeline
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1990/3	Secret Services Raids Steve Jackson Games	
1990/5	Operation Sun Devil
1990/9	I get a private preview of Quicktime and lose all interest in mu-law.

1991	Apple introduces Quicktime

1992	First CD Rippers Appear
1992	Draft MPEG-1 Standard Completed
1992/10	Audio Home Recording Act Passed
1992/11	Video for Windows
1992	Digital Audio Tape and Minidisc allowed in US (with SCMS)

1993	MPEG-1 Standard Released
1993	Video CD standard
1993	Digital audio recorders with "Copy Management" suck and bomb quickly.

1994/7 	First MP3 Encoder Released (L3enc)

1995/4	Real Audio Launched
1995/9	AudioNet formed (will become Broadcast.com)
1995/9	First MP3 Player Released (WinPlay3)
1995/9	.mp3 File Standardized

1996	CD Burners Drop Under $1,000
1996/8	First MP3 Release Groups Form
1996/9	Finnish police shutdown anon.penet.fi anonymous re-mailer
1996/10	Park Central pirate BBS closes down

1997/1	FBI Operation Cyberstrike, takes down warez group BBSs.
1997/4	Jim Griffin of Geffen Records begins threatening MP3 Sites
1997	Second MP3 Encoder Released (mp3enc)
1997	Cable Modems Begin Rolling Out
1997	Hotline Released
1997	Winamp Released
1997/11	RealNetworks IPO +43 percent
1997/11	MP3.com Launched
1997/12	No Electronic Theft act is signed into law

1998	LAME Open Source MP3 Encoder Project Begins
1998/7	Broadcast.com IPO +250 percent
1998/10	Digital Millennium Copyright Act signed into law

1999/1	TIVO announced
1999/4	Diamond Rio Argued April 15, 1999. 
1999/6	Napster Released
1999/6	Diamond Rio Decided June 15, 1999.
1999/6	TIVO Shipped
1999/7	MP3.com IPO x3 +126 percent
1999/10	DeCSS released
1999/12	Napster Lawsuit Filed