{"product_id":"how-music-got-free-a-story-of-obsession-and-invention-9780143109341","title":"How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, and the 2015 \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and McKinsey Business Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Greatest Music Books of All Time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003cb\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e- Slate \u003cb\u003e- The Atlantic \u003cb\u003e- Time \u003cb\u003e- Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eHow Music Got Free\u003c\/i\u003e] has the clear writing and brisk reportorial acumen of a Michael Lewis book.\"--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens when an entire generation commits the same crime? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Music Got Free\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJournalist 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these interwoven narratives, Witt has written a thrilling book that depicts the moment in history when ordinary life became forever entwined with the world online--when, suddenly, all the music ever recorded was available for free. In the page-turning tradition of writers like Michael Lewis and Lawrence Wright, Witt's deeply reported first book introduces the unforgettable characters--inventors, executives, factory workers, and smugglers--who revolutionized an entire artform, and reveals for the first time the secret underworld of media pirates that transformed our digital lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn irresistible never-before-told story of greed, cunning, genius, and deceit, \u003ci\u003eHow Music Got Free\u003c\/i\u003e isn't just a story of the music industry--it's a must-read history of the Internet itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143109341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Stephen Witt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38023373848757,"sku":"9780143109341","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0d4f0c22-0e56-4354-81b7-28c8540ac797.jpg?v=1609184360","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-music-got-free-a-story-of-obsession-and-invention-9780143109341","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}