How Music Got Free (2024)

- Directed by
- Alex Stapleton
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

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How it feels
This documentary tells the story of how technology in the late 90s and early 2000s let millions of young people download music for free. It covers the people and inventions behind this shift in the music industry.
informativeenergeticnostalgiceye-openingfast-pacedwryrevelatoryupbeat
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