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 YearOne of Billboardrsquo;s 100 Greatest Music Books of All TimeA New York Times Editorsrsquo; ChoiceONE OF THE YEARS BEST BOOKS: The Washington Post bull; The Financial Times bull; Slate bull; The Atlantic bull; Time bull; Forbesldquo;[How Music Got Free] has the clear writing and brisk reportorial acumen of a Michael Lewis book.rdquo;mdash;Dwight Garner; The New York TimesWhat 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. Itrsquo;s 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. 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 onlinemdash;when; suddenly; all the music ever recorded was available for free. In the page-turning tradition of writers like Michael Lewis and Lawrence Wright; Wittrsquo;s deeply reported first book introduces the unforgettable charactersmdash;inventors; executives; factory workers; and smugglersmdash;who 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 isnrsquo;t just a story of the music industrymdash;itrsquo;s a must-read history of the Internet itself.From the Hardcover edition.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Its a good book but maybe for 12 and upBy alongoWas a birthday gift for a talented 8 yr old artist friend. Its a good book but maybe for 12 and up.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very good bookBy Thomas L. SandlinVery good book kind of on the small side but a very good instructional book all in all!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. great bookBy Raven L Sampagathis would have a 5 star rating but when I open up the book there was a ripped page; not to bad; I could still read it.great instructions; wonderful pictures. despite the ripped page I would recommend this book.
