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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: From the earliest days of the CD, some already realized there was a more efficient way to deliver music.
Chapter 3: Having the mp3 acknowledged by the standards committee proved a losing battle.
Chapter 4: It was the internet that enabled the mp3 to win the format war.
Chapter 5: What began as a small side hustle for a CD-plant worker soon became an all-consuming lifestyle.
Chapter 6: Stricter security at the plant couldn’t keep the leaks from coming.
Chapter 7: Up to 2007, RNS managed to evade authorities and operated the most successful pirating group.
Chapter 8: The music industry was unprepared to adapt to technology.
Chapter 9: It took the music industry years and many missteps to come to terms with the digital revolution.
Chapter 10: It appears clear that lawsuits will not deter pirating.
Chapter 11: Streaming music may soon bring about the retirement of mp3s.
Description
How Music Got Free (2015) tells the remarkable story of the mp3 file, from its inception in a German audio lab to its discovery by a man working in a North Carolina CD-pressing plant, who would eventually team up with a piracy group to bring the entire music industry to its knees.
Who Should Listen
- Musicians and music consumers
- Anyone interested in copyright law
- Anyone interested in internet freedom