How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (864 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00UJZZU8I |
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| Number of Pages | : | 339 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the pause-resisting tradition of writers like Michael Lewis and Lawrence Wright, Witt's deeply reported first book introduces the unforgettable characters - inventors, executives, factory workers, and smugglers - who revolutionized an entire art form and reveals for the first time the secret underworld of media pirates that transformed our digital lives. Through these interwoven narratives, Witt has written a thrilling audiobook that depicts the moment in history when ordinary life became forever entwined with the world online - when suddenly all the music ever recorded was available for free. "What happens when an entire generation commits the same crime?"How Music Got Free is a riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. Journalist Stephen Witt traces the secret history of digital music piracy, from the German audio engineers who invented the mp3 to a North Carolina com
Jersey guy said Absolutely fascinatingfor anyone. History of the MPAbsolutely fascinatingfor anyone History of the MP3? How data compression works? This must be a book for technoweenies, right? Wrong.It's an extremely well-written book about the music industry and the greed, fear, and loathing within it, and how it was upended by the "darknet" and a bunch of guys who stole music from Universal and other. ? How data compression works? This must be a book for technoweenies, right? Wrong.It's an extremely well-written book about the music industry and the greed, fear, and loathing within it, and how it was upended by the "darknet" and a bunch of guys who stole music from Universal and other. Maxim P. said A great book that falls short of being perfect. Summary:- this is a captivating and very educational book, and I'm happy to recommend it. It's a one-of-a-kind on the market, and the book's flaws shouldn't deter you from reading it.As a musician, a programmer, a composer, and a millennial, I'm greatly interested in understanding the dynamics of the mode. Claudio Delgift said Captivating read, a prose that flows. A music journalist from the US said to me, "If you want to know why is it that I think the music industry is to blame for its own destruction, this book is all you need." I suppose he's right; they didn't want to adapt themselves to the changes, technology-wiseHow Music Got Free is a very entertaining rea