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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
June 18, 2015
Pages
296
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781847923363
ISBN-10
1847923364
Dimensions
1 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$22.05
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, and the 2015 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year
One of Billboardâs 100 Greatest Music Books of All Time
A New York Times Editorsâ Choice
ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: The Washington Post â¢Â The Financial Times ⢠Slate ⢠The Atlantic ⢠Time ⢠Forbes
â[How Music Got Free] has the clear writing and brisk reportorial acumen of a Michael Lewis book.ââDwight Garner, The New York Times
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. Itâs about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful executive in the music business, a revolutionary invention and an illegal website four times the size of the iTunes Music Store.Â
Journalist Stephen Witt traces the secret history of digital music piracy, from the German audio engineers who invented the mp3, to a North Carolina compact-disc manufacturing plant where factory worker Dell Glover leaked nearly two thousand albums over the course of a decade, to the high-rises of midtown Manhattan where music executive Doug Morris cornered the global market on rap, and, finally, into the darkest recesses of the Internet.
Through these interwoven narratives, Witt has written a thrilling book that depicts the moment in history when ordinary life became forever entwined with the world onlineâwhen, suddenly, all the music ever recorded was available for free. In the page-turning tradition of writers like Michael Lewis and Lawrence Wright, Wittâs deeply reported first book introduces the unforgettable charactersâinventors, executives, factory workers, and smugglersâwho revolutionized an entire artform, and reveals for the first time the secret underworld of media pirates that transformed our digital lives.
An irresistible never-before-told story of greed, cunning, genius, and deceit, How Music Got Free isnât just a story of the music industryâitâs a must-read history of the Internet itself.
One of Billboardâs 100 Greatest Music Books of All Time
A New York Times Editorsâ Choice
ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: The Washington Post â¢Â The Financial Times ⢠Slate ⢠The Atlantic ⢠Time ⢠Forbes
â[How Music Got Free] has the clear writing and brisk reportorial acumen of a Michael Lewis book.ââDwight Garner, The New York Times
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. Itâs about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful executive in the music business, a revolutionary invention and an illegal website four times the size of the iTunes Music Store.Â
Journalist Stephen Witt traces the secret history of digital music piracy, from the German audio engineers who invented the mp3, to a North Carolina compact-disc manufacturing plant where factory worker Dell Glover leaked nearly two thousand albums over the course of a decade, to the high-rises of midtown Manhattan where music executive Doug Morris cornered the global market on rap, and, finally, into the darkest recesses of the Internet.
Through these interwoven narratives, Witt has written a thrilling book that depicts the moment in history when ordinary life became forever entwined with the world onlineâwhen, suddenly, all the music ever recorded was available for free. In the page-turning tradition of writers like Michael Lewis and Lawrence Wright, Wittâs deeply reported first book introduces the unforgettable charactersâinventors, executives, factory workers, and smugglersâwho revolutionized an entire artform, and reveals for the first time the secret underworld of media pirates that transformed our digital lives.
An irresistible never-before-told story of greed, cunning, genius, and deceit, How Music Got Free isnât just a story of the music industryâitâs a must-read history of the Internet itself.
Editions
Hardcover
from Gardners Books (June 18, 2015)
9781847922823 | details & prices | 304 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $30.85
About: Finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the 2016 J.
About: Finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the 2016 J.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Gardners Books (June 18, 2015)
9781847923363 | details & prices | 296 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $22.05
About: Finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the 2016 J.
About: Finalist for the 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the 2016 J.
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