Rod Underhill
American businessman
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| Intro | American businessman | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Lawyer Businessperson | |
| Work field | Business Law | |
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| Birth | 7 October 1953 | |
| Death | 7 September 2018 (aged 64 years) | |
| Star sign | Libra |
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Biography
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.
Underhill lived in Julian, California with his wife and two children. He died from heart failure during a cancer treatment.
Selected books
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to MP3 (with Nat Gertler), Que Books, 2000 (ISBN 0789720361).
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Millions on the Internet (with Nat Gertler), Que Books, 2001 (ISBN 978-0-7897-2298-0).
- MP3: Musica En Internet Facil (Spanish language version of Guide to MP3,) Que Books, 2001 (ISBN 9789684444621) .
- MP3 (French language variation of Guide to MP3), Campuspress (Paris, France), 2000 (ISBN 2744008257).
- MP3 : muzyka w Internecie nie tylko dla orłów (Polish language edition of Guide to MP3) Intersoftland, (Warsaw, Poland), 2000 (ISBN 8372600074)