How music got free

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Witt, Stephen.

How music got free : the end of an industry, the turn of the century, and

the patient zero of piracy / Stephen Witt.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-698-15252-6

1. Sound recording industry. 2. Music and the Internet.

3. Sound recordings—Pirated editions.

4. MP3 (Audio coding standard)—History. I. Title.

ML3790.W59 2015

381'.45780266—dc23 2015010568

Version_1

To Leonard and Diana,

my loving parents