Red Flag: Music’s Failed Revolution on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E2 – It’s the new millennium and music is facing an existential threat: illegal piracy.
In Red Flag: Music’s Failed Revolution Walkley Award-winning journalist Marc Fennell (The Kingdom, Framed, The Mission) uncovers the bizarre story of the Aussie start up, Guvera, that promised to revolutionise music forever, but instead vanished in a $180 million mystery.
Through exclusive interviews, never-before seen footage and photographs, incredible archive and dramatic reenactments, Red Flag: Music’s Failed Revolution charts the spectacular rise and fall of Guvera – once nicknamed the “iTunes Killer”- which once had A-list superstars like Alice Cooper and Mos Def lining up behind it with one mission: to destroy internet piracy.
Marc is joined by iconic Australian musician Ben Lee as they take a nostalgic trip to the 90s, the golden age, before piracy threatened to take down the multi-billion-dollar music industry and an unlikely saviour, Guvera, emerged.
Episode Two:
Marc delves into the darker side of little-known Aussie tech start-up, Guvera, and its fake-it-till-you-make-it ambition. Marc’s investigation uncovers a web of shady business dealings and ethical question marks. As
Red Flag: Music’s Failed Revolution on SBS and SBS on Demand – Final Episode / Tuesday 22 October at 8.35pm (2 Parts)
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Red Flag: Music’s Failed Revolution on SBS and SBS on Demand S1E2
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