A critical examination of music formats, i.e. the ways fans have experienced
recorded music, from the first phonographs through streaming and artificial intelligence. We review and analyze the ways in which innovative technologies disrupt the music industry by enabling new formats to dominate the market and the subsequent impacts on artists, fans, distribution, business models, and copyright law. This course provides an analytical framework that provides insights about the music industry going forward as well as other industries impacted by technological disruptions.