How Music Got Free

How Music Got Free

Documentary 2024

Available on Prime Video, Paramount+

Based on the true story of Dell Glover, a CD factory worker who led the music piracy revolution by collaborating with teen hackers; the rise and fall of piracy groups, legal battles, FBI investigations, and the impact on artists and executives.

Documentary 2024

M

Starring Dell Glover, Eminem, Method Man

EPISODE 1

The Crime We All Committed

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.

41 min · 11 June 2024 M
EPISODE 2

Internet Killed the Radio Star

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.

41 min · 11 June 2024 M

Dell Glover

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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

Based on the true story of Dell Glover, a CD factory worker who led the music piracy revolution by collaborating with teen hackers; the rise and fall of piracy groups, legal battles, FBI investigations, and the impact on artists and executives.

Information

Studio: paramountplusOriginalSeries
Released: 2024
Rated: M
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

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

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.