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A review by adamgolden
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy by Stephen Richard Witt
4.0
(4.5/5★)
I've felt that when authors usually write these kind of books, they don't really know what they're talking about, and merely researched the information and just regurgitated it. This isn't the case with Witt, as he himself was a "pirate" once upon a time (and possibly still is now). I was a teenager during the peak of these piracy years, and spent many hours downloading media for hours on end, hoarding it even, just because it was fun to have a collection of something you could never possibly afford in a "physical" format.
Beyond that though, what Witt does to make this book truly entertaining and informative at the same time is how he creates an incredibly detailed story of how all these things took place. I often felt that this book could be turned into a movie of sorts, considering how interesting the birth and peak of piracy was, and how so many other "regular joes" were a part of it. As far I as I can tell Stephen Witt has only written one book, but I'd love to see more from him.
I've felt that when authors usually write these kind of books, they don't really know what they're talking about, and merely researched the information and just regurgitated it. This isn't the case with Witt, as he himself was a "pirate" once upon a time (and possibly still is now). I was a teenager during the peak of these piracy years, and spent many hours downloading media for hours on end, hoarding it even, just because it was fun to have a collection of something you could never possibly afford in a "physical" format.
Beyond that though, what Witt does to make this book truly entertaining and informative at the same time is how he creates an incredibly detailed story of how all these things took place. I often felt that this book could be turned into a movie of sorts, considering how interesting the birth and peak of piracy was, and how so many other "regular joes" were a part of it. As far I as I can tell Stephen Witt has only written one book, but I'd love to see more from him.