How Music Got Free
Uncover the secrets behind the crime we all committed.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (2024)
No overview available.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Crime We All Committed
2024-06-11A small town CD-factory worker, Dell Glover, joins forces with teen hackers to pioneer internet piracy with MP3s, shaking the music industry’s early-2000s profits and reshaping the business forever; featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, Method Man and more.
Runtime: 41 minEpisode 2: Internet Killed the Radio Star
2024-06-11As album sales drop, the music industry takes legal action against fans causing a PR nightmare; the FBI launches a major investigation against internet pirates and begins cracking down.
Runtime: 41 minVideos
Official Trailer
