How Music Got Free

Uncover the secrets behind the crime we all committed.

7.5/10202441mEnded1 Season · 2 Episodes

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Details the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-90s and early-2000s. File sharing technology, combined with the insatiable demand for new music, created both the means and the motive for millions of young people to participate in outright theft – and be celebrated for it.

Released: Jun 11, 2024

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