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How Music Got Free

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: June 11, 2024
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 2
  • Networks: Paramount+
  • Genres: Documentary, Crime
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How Music Got Free(2024)

Uncover the secrets behind the crime we all committed.

TMDB Rating: 8.2 (5 votes)

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.

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2 episodes • 2024

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1The Crime We All CommittedJun 11, 20240.0
2Internet Killed the Radio StarJun 11, 20240.0

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