News: New Yorker Article on the Early Days of Music Piracy

I’m a sucker for a history lesson on the makings of the modern day music industry.I’m such a nerd about the topic that I wrote no less than five research papers in college about modern music industry topics like piracy and digital media. It’s a fascinating subject, in the past 20 years alone we’ve been through so many ups and downs, so many technological advances, and the whole time the industry has had to keep up, with varying degrees of success. This article published by The New Yorker covers one of those not-so-successful attempts to keep up with the times. The article goes in depth on one of the biggest music piracy rings to hit the industry in the early days of the internet and leaked albums.

It’s a long read, but it is very much worth it. If only I had this as a source back when I was writing papers on the subject…

Check out the article, “The Man Who Broke the Music Business”, and let us know what you think!