the end of an industry, the turn of the century, and the patient zero of piracy Witt, Stephen 1979- creator text bibliography nyu 2015 monographic eng

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296 pages ; 24 cm A riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It's about the greatest pirate in history, the most powerful executive in the music business, a revolutionary invention and an illegal website four times the size of the iTunes Music Store. Journalist Stephen Witt traces the secret history of digital music piracy, from the German audio engineers who invented the mp3, to a North Carolina compact-disc manufacturing plant where factory worker Dell Glover leaked nearly two thousand albums over the course of a decade, to the high-rises of midtown Manhattan where music executive Doug Morris cornered the global market on rap, and, finally, into the darkest recesses of the Internet. Through these interwoven narratives, Witt has written a thrilling book that depicts the moment in history when ordinary life became forever entwined with the world online--when, suddenly, all the music ever recorded was available for free. Witt introduces the unforgettable characters--inventors, executives, factory workers, and smugglers--who revolutionized an entire artform, and reveals for the first time the secret underworld of media pirates that transformed our digital lives.--From publisher description. Stephen Witt. Includes bibliographical references (271-286) and index. Sound recording industry Music and the Internet Sound recordings Pirated editions MP3 (Audio coding standard) History Industria discográfica Industria de la música Música por internet Música e informática MP3 (Programa para computador) Ediciones piratas de grabaciones sonoras ML 3790 W827h 2015 381/.45780266 9780525426615 0525426612 2015010568 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2015010568-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2015010568-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2015010568-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2015010568-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2015010568-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1510/2015010568-s.html DLC 150316 20230411090910.0 18527018 eng