Facing the (Free) Music

For 10 years, music execs have waged a war against digital file sharing — and software like Napster and websites like The Pirate Bay — which have decimated the industry’s profits. But recently, there are signs from Europe that the battle over free music may be changing.

If you’re interested in how and why the music industry has come to be what it is, you’ll want to listen to this program from NPR’s On the Media. They’ve done a wonderful job making sense of a decade of fear, missteps, willful ignorance and even a few glimmers of hope.

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