How Music Got Free

Name: How Music Got Free
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Released: 2024-06-11
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Rhymefest, Eminem, Method Man, Dell

ENDED1 Season2 Episodes★ 7.4

How Music Got Free is a documentary and crime series on Paramount+ that premiered in 2024, ending after 1 season and 2 episodes.

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NetworkParamount+

First AiredJun 11, 2024

Last AiredJun 11, 2024

GenreDocumentary, Crime

Runtime41 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionShady Films, Telepictures, Interscope Films

Details the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-90s and early-2000s. File sharing technology, combined with the insatiable demand for new music, created both the means and the motive for millions of young people to participate in outright theft – and be celebrated for it.

WHERE TO WATCH

Paramount+

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Cast

Rhymefest

Self - Artist

Eminem

Self - Music Artist

Method Man

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dell

Self - CD Plant Employee/Pirating

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 2 episodes

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E1The Crime We All Committed

Jun 11, 202441m

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.

E2Internet Killed the Radio Star

Jun 11, 202441m

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.

About How Music Got Free

How Music Got Free is a documentary, crime series on Paramount+. The show first aired on Jun 11, 2024 and currently has 1 season and 2 episodes. How Music Got Free has ended. It has a rating of 7.4/10 based on 9 votes. The cast includes Rhymefest, Eminem, Method Man, Dell.