This is actually a valid reminder that there is now a generation of people working in the online industry who have grown up without ever purchasing or using a CD, and do not know about the story of CD-Baby. We predicted it would happen back then - it is the reality now.

Sad, because a large part of the early history of the internet is wrapped up in stories about people like Derek Sivers and his company. Perhaps it is a pre-requisite for most startup courses to have a history lesson around those days?

Purchased many a CD, Cassette and played vinyls, but no never heard of CD-Baby.

I’m sure more people know about cd baby now than back then. You can’t evade it when publishing something on spotify.

Do we need to learn from people that fall into good luck because of family money?

....why would Derek - or anyone else - spam a 2009 article about CD Baby?

There are many reddit bots that automatically repost old posts for karma. It's conceivable that a similar thing could be done on HN. The fact that Toyentrepreneur has no comments doesn't inspire confidence, but examining Toyentrepreneur's submissions doesn't seem to indicate a bot.

It's not. @sivers is a long time, well respected member of the HN community.