Music

It Wasn’t Just Napster That Tanked the Music Biz

PIRATES IN LOW PLACES

Alex Stapleton, director of the new documentary “How Music Got Free,” tells The Daily Beast why the MP3 revolution is really a story about “race and access” in America.

Eboni Boykin-Patterson
Eboni Boykin-Patterson 

Entertainment Reporter

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Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Entertainment Reporter

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