In the 90's local stores and supermarkets in. Spain had pile upon pile of writable CD's for sale.
I think largely so people could illegally copy computer games, but also music.
Ravel's Bolero? I have no clue. Can you cite any human being that has been hurt or life degraded because of Ravel's Bolero?
From what I can see it can still be performed by orchestras. It gained a lot more exposure when Torvill and Dean used it as their music on the way to Ice Dancing gold medal in the Olympics.