{"id":84369,"date":"2024-05-21T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weareactors.com\/?p=84369"},"modified":"2024-05-21T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:26:25","slug":"how-music-got-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weareactors.com\/how-music-got-free\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018How Music Got Free\u2019: Watch the Trailer for the Paramount+ Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/weareactors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HowMusicGotFree_102_0002_RT-1.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \"><em>How Music Got Free <\/em>is coming soon to Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">The two-part documentary, from exec producers Eminem and LeBron James, will debut June 11 in the U.S. and Canada on Paramount+ and the following day in the U.K., Australia, Latin America, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">The series, which premiered at SXSW earlier this year, \u201cdetails the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-\u201990s and early-2000s. File sharing technology, combined with the insatiable demand for new music, created both the means and the motive for millions of young people to participate in outright theft \u2014 and be celebrated for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">Alexandria Stapleton (<em>Reggie<\/em>) directs the doc, which is produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, James\u2019 SpringHill banner, Interscope Films and Shady Films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \"><em>How Music Got Free <\/em>features interviews with the likes of Eminem, 50 Cent, Timbaland, Jimmy Iovine, Rocsi Diaz, Rhymefest and Steve Stoute, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\u201cAs a filmmaker, I wanted to challenge the narrow lens of who we regard as tech innovators,\u201d Stapleton said. \u201c<em>How Music Got Free<\/em> is a story that proves brilliant minds can be found in unlikely places, like the rural, forgotten factory town of Shelby, North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">Stapleton exec produces alongside Stoute and Stephen Witt, with Marshall \u201cEminem\u201d Mathers and Paul Rosenberg for Shady Films; James, Maverick Carter, Jamal Henderson and Philip Byron for SpringHill; Bridgette Theriault, Dan Sacks and James Chapman for Warner Bros. 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The two-part documentary, from exec producers Eminem and LeBron James, will debut June 11 in the U.S. and Canada on Paramount+ and the following day in the U.K., Australia, Latin America, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. The series, which premiered at SXSW earlier this year, \u201cdetails the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-\u201990s and early-2000s. 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