How Music Got Free

How Music Got Free

Documentary 2024

Available on Paramount+, Prime Video

A CD plant worker and teen hackers invent MP3 piracy, shaking the music world.

Documentary 2024

TV-MA

Starring Dell Glover, Eminem, Method Man

EPISODE 1

The Crime We All Committed

A factory worker and hackers pioneer MP3 piracy, reshaping the music industry.

41 min · Jun 11, 2024 TV-MA
EPISODE 2

Internet Killed the Radio Star

Plummeting album sales prompt the music industry and FBI to take action.

41 min · Jun 11, 2024 TV-MA

Dell Glover

Self
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

A CD plant worker and teen hackers invent MP3 piracy, shaking the music world.

Information

Studio: paramountplusOriginalSeries
Released: 2024
Rated: TV-MA
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (AD, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
: Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.