Rod Underhill (October 7, 1953 – September 7, 2018)^[1] 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

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.^[2]

Underhill lived in Julian, California, with his wife and two children. He died from heart failure during a cancer treatment.^[1]

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)