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Sonic Boom John Alderman

Sonic Boom By John Alderman

Sonic Boom by John Alderman


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Summary

The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business.

Sonic Boom Summary

Sonic Boom: Napster, P2P and the Battle for the Future of Music by John Alderman

The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business.

As the internet grew throughout the 1990s, software was developed, such as Liquid Audio and MP3, that could deliver music anywhere and most importantly for free. Bands were reaching fans without record company support; entrepreneurs made money distributing digital music files without licensing agreements; the music industry executives complained of piracy and refused to embrace the Information Age.

The story of the struggle to define the future of the music industry is a parable of how technology is completely changing the way we think and do business. Internet companies such as Napster, invented in 1999 by the nineteen-year-old Shawn Fanning, were rewriting the rules. Within two years, the music industry was on the attack, Napster was shut down by the courts and then bought by Bertelsmann.

The on going battle highlights some of the most crucial questions facing all forms of commerce in the face of the internet: how does the internet change the way we pay for things? How far will traditional businesses go to protect their future?

'Sonic Boom' is immaculately researched and peopled by the musicians, executives, entrepreneurs and programmers behind one of the most vital questions concerning the Information Age: who owns intellectual content on the web?

Sonic Boom Reviews

'An important book for anyone interested in where our culture is headed.' Mark Simpson, Independent on Sunday

'There's unlikely to be a better tool than this book for understanding what's been going on.' Francis Spufford, Evening Standard

About John Alderman

John Alderman has been part of the online revolution since the launch of HotWired, the world's first commercial Website. As the culture editor for Wired News, Alderman began covering the explosion of online music just as the MP3 phenomenon gathered steam. He has written for Wired, i-D, Details and Salon.

Additional information

GOR002159270
9781841155135
1841155136
Sonic Boom: Napster, P2P and the Battle for the Future of Music by John Alderman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
HarperCollins Publishers
20020506
224
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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