- 7.8/1029 votes
#1 - The Crime We All Committed
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/11/2024
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.
Director: Alex Stapleton
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1027 votes
#2 - Internet Killed the Radio Star
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/11/2024
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.
Director: Alex Stapleton
Writer: N/A
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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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Paramount+
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Crime We All Committed" is the best rated episode of "How Music Got Free" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by Alex Stapleton and written by N/A, it aired on 6/11/2024. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Internet Killed the Radio Star".