Rod Underhill (October 7, 1953 – September 7, 2018) was an American attorney and author who wrote books about the Internet and MP3 technology and was also a founder of MP3.com. His books include ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3'' and ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Millions on the Internet'', each written with Nat Gertler .

Biography

Rod Underhill was born on October 7, 1953 and practiced law in California from 1980 until 1998, when he cofounded MP3.com. After leaving MP3.com, Underhill served as a law professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and in 2008 was awarded a Webby Award (People's Voice Award) for his work as cofounder of Podlinez.com. Webby Award for Podlinez.com
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Selected books

*''The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3'' (with Nat Gertler), Que Books, 2000 (). *''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Millions on the Internet'' (with Nat Gertler), Que Books, 2001 (). *''MP3: Musica En Internet Facil'' (Spanish language version of Guide to MP3,) Que Books, 2001 () . *''MP3'' (French language variation of Guide to MP3), Campuspress (Paris, France), 2000 (). *''MP3 : muzyka w Internecie nie tylko dla orłów'' (Polish language edition of Guide to MP3) Intersoftland, (Warsaw, Poland), 2000 ()

References

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