![]() Glover used co-workers hiding CDs under their belts to break past a heavily secured facility. Thanks to the success of the compact disc, the industry was booming, but this was about to come crashing down as a man by the name of Dell Glover began an operation smuggling albums out of the Polygram CD pressing plant where he worked. This is the story of the MP3, its invention and who pirated the first MP3 music files.īy the mid-90s, music obsessives from small towns across America were rising up against the music industry which by the late-90s had reached its zenith financially under the leadership of Universal Records Doug Morris, the CEO of the largest and richest music label on the planet. Now most people, including myself believed the piracy era began with Napster, but Witt takes things back even further to the invention of the MP3 by a German professor and the actions of one man in a town called Shelby in North Carolina. ![]() Written by Stephen Witt, this book (a first for the author) explores the history of music piracy, where it started, who was involved and how they did it, as well as what their motivations were. ![]() ![]() ![]() How Music Got Free: What happens when an entire generation commits the same crime, is one of the most intriguing and thrilling reads I have had in a while. ![]()
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