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Sonic Boom: Napster, P2P and the Battle for the Future of Music
John Alderman
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Description for Sonic Boom: Napster, P2P and the Battle for the Future of Music
Paperback. The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; UBJ; UBL; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business. As the internet grew throughout the 1990s, software was developed, such as Liquid Audio and MP3, that could deliver music anywhere and most importantly for free. Bands were reaching fans without record company support; entrepreneurs made money distributing digital music files without licensing agreements; the music industry executives complained of piracy and refused to embrace the ... Read more
The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business. As the internet grew throughout the 1990s, software was developed, such as Liquid Audio and MP3, that could deliver music anywhere and most importantly for free. Bands were reaching fans without record company support; entrepreneurs made money distributing digital music files without licensing agreements; the music industry executives complained of piracy and refused to embrace the ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Fourth Estate London
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841155135
SKU
KNW0007923
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About John Alderman
John Alderman has been part of the online revolution since the launch of HotWired, the world's first commercial Website. As the culture editor for Wired News, Alderman began covering the explosion of online music just as the MP3 phenomenon gathered steam. He has written for Wired, i-D, Details and Salon.
Reviews for Sonic Boom: Napster, P2P and the Battle for the Future of Music
`An important book for anyone interested in where our culture is headed.' Mark Simpson, Independent on Sunday `There's unlikely to be a better tool than this book for understanding what's been going on.' Francis Spufford, Evening Standard