How Music Got Free

"Uncover the secrets behind the crime we all committed."

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.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

How Music Got Free

First Air Date

June 11, 2024

Last Air Date

June 11, 2024

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Language

English

Networks

Paramount+

Internet Killed the Radio Star
S01E02

Internet Killed the Radio Star

As 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.

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