Ripped
Subtitle: how the wired generation revolutionized music
By: Greg Kot
Edition: 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781416547310
Subjects: Computer network resources; Music; Music trade; Music and the Internet
Description: "Ripped" tells the story of how the laptop generation created a new grassroots music industry, with the fans and bands rather than the corporations in charge. In this new world, bands aren't just musicmakers but self-contained multimedia businesses; and fans aren't just consumers but distributors and even collaborators.
Notes: Includes index.

"Now with a new afterword"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : chaos and transformation; title: Consolidated to death; title: Payola blues; title: Napster vs. Metallica; title: Customers or criminals?; title: Is Prince nuts?; title: "Do not insult Death Cab"; title: Conor Oberst : "He was thirteen and kicking our asses"; title: "Screw the record companies, screw MTV, just go out and play"; title: Everyone's a critic; title: Arcade Fire : chocolate fountains everywhere; title: Innovation out of necessity; title: Girl Talk's illegal art; title: Future shock from wham city; title: "George Bush doesn't like Black people"; title: A new boss, same as the old boss; title: Steve Jobs and the iPod "burglary kit"; title: "The feedback loop of creativity"; title: "I love picking fights"; title: "It's up to you"; title: "Steal, steal, and steal some more".