Development Īlex Winter met Shawn Fanning in 2002 and originally set out to write a narrative feature, but he became interested in the many different sides of the story there was to tell. Some of those interviewed include Henry Rollins, Billy Corgan, former record producer and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, former Sony Music Chairman Don Ienner, former CEO of the RIAA Hilary Rosen, Beastie Boys’ Mike D, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, and Noel Gallagher. It follows Napster from its rise in 1999, through the swarm of lawsuits that ensued and to its acquisition by Rhapsody in 2011. It features exclusive interviews with software developers and musicians about controversial filesharing software, and particularly Napster. This documentary film addresses the evolution of digital media sharing on the Internet. VH1 partnered with AOL to distribute the film widely and was broadcast as a VH1 Rock Docs feature in late 2014. The feature film made its world premiere at SXSW on March 10, 2013, and was shown at other film festivals around the world. A teaser of the film premiered at SXSW on March 14, 2012. Downloaded is a documentary film directed by Alex Winter about the downloading generation and the impact of filesharing on the Internet.
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