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

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

SONIC BOOM

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1 WAVE OF CHANGE

Chapter 2 NEW WORLD ORDER

Chapter 3 A CULTURE OF MUTATION: THE RISING INFRASTRUCTURE

Chapter 4 BIG BREAKS AND WINDFALLS

Chapter 5 THE ESTABLISHED ORDER

Chapter 6 A STAR IS BORN

Chapter 7 NO ONE TO BLAME

Chapter 8 OUT OF THE BOTTLE AND INTO YOUR EAR

Chapter 9 A PYRRHIC VICTORY?

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

NOTES. Chapter 1

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

COPYRIGHT

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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NAPSTER, MP3 AND THE NEW PIONEERS OF MUSIC

JOHN ALDERMAN

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And so John Alderman’s book couldn’t have arrived at a better time. In addition to being a great story in itself, Sonic Boom details the new rebellion in rock, defines the raging conflicts posed by new technology, and points the way toward striking a new balance between property and relationships. Hopefully, established artists will be able to adapt to this new music environment. The up-and-coming ones already seem to be well on their way. Those blokes from Devon, wherever they may be right now, are recording and have already played at their local Cavern Club. Maybe they’ll even make it to the original one—in Liverpool.

Many of those involved in the creation of the Web had lofty, socially ambitious goals that involved making it as easy as possible to share information, and many expected to foster a leap in human knowledge and culture that could usher in another Renaissance. “The Web,” Tim Berners-Lee wrote, “was designed as an instrument to prevent misunderstandings.” The system that he designed encouraged the free spread of what would later be called “content,” and he was not alone in feeling inspired by beliefs that were strongly optimistic, even verging on utopian.

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