How Music Got Free

How Music Got Free

Documentary 2024

Available on Prime Video, Paramount+

Based on the true story of Dell Glover, a CD factory worker who led the music piracy revolution by collaborating with teen hackers. The rise and fall of piracy groups, legal battles, FBI investigations, and the impact on artists and executives.

Documentary 2024

15

Starring Dell Glover, Eminem, Method Man

EPISODE 1

The Crime We All Committed

A small town CD-factory worker, Dell Glover, joins forces with teen hackers to pioneer internet piracy with MP3s, shaking the music industry's early-2000s profits and reshaping the business forever; featuring Eminem, 50 Cent, Method Man and more.

41 min · 11 Jun 2024 15
EPISODE 2

Internet Killed the Radio Star

As album sales drop, the music industry takes legal action against fans causing a PR nightmare; the FBI launches a major investigation against internet pirates and begins cracking down.

41 min · 11 Jun 2024 15

Dell Glover

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Eminem

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Method Man

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Rocsi Diaz

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Timbaland

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About

How Music Got Free

DOCUMENTARY

Based on the true story of Dell Glover, a CD factory worker who led the music piracy revolution by collaborating with teen hackers. The rise and fall of piracy groups, legal battles, FBI investigations, and the impact on artists and executives.

Information

Studio: paramountplusOriginalSeries
Released: 2024
Rated: 15
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), and 3 more...
Subtitles: English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.