Sonic Boom Napster P2p & the Battle for

Author: John Alderman
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1841155136
Publisher: Harper Collins Pod

Sonic Boom Napster P2p & the Battle for

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 Information Age. The story of the struggle to define the future of the music industry is a parable of how technology is completely changing the way we think and do business. Internet companies such as Napster,

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