<p>It was a time when music fans copied and traded recordings without permission. An outraged music industry pushed Congress to pass anti-piracy legislation. Yes that time is now; it was also the era of Napster in the 1990s of cassette tapes in the 1970s of reel-to-reel tapes in the 1950s even the phonograph epoch of the 1930s. Piracy it turns out is as old as recorded music itself.</p>