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A review by uberdrive
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy by Stephen Richard Witt
5.0
This was a fascinating look into the underbelly of the music industry and the technology and people who destroyed the old business model. It's three interwoven narratives, focusing on "Dell" Glover, the biggest pirate in the industry's history, premier record exec Doug Morris, and the German group that invented the mp3, which was originally shunned. Witt is a lively and funny writer who humanizes each personality and distills complex cultural trends into memorable anecdotes.
One of my favorite books of the year.
You can read an excerpt here: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business
One of my favorite books of the year.
You can read an excerpt here: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business