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Author Cummings, Alex Sayf.

Title Democracy of sound : music piracy and the remaking of American copyright in the twentieth century / Alex Sayf Cummings.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustrations
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Music, machines, and monopoly -- Collectors, con men, and the struggle for property rights -- Piracy and the rise of new media -- Counterculture, popular music, and the bootleg boom -- The criminalization of piracy -- Deadheads, hip hop, and the possibility of compromise -- The global war on piracy -- Conclusion: piracy as social media.
Summary 'Democracy of Sound' tells the story of the pirates, radicals, jazzbos, deadheads, and DJs who challenged the record industry for control of recorded sound throughout the 20th century. A political and cultural history, it shows how the primacy of 'intellectual property' gradually eclipsed an American political tradition that was suspicious of monopolies and favoured free competition.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Copyright -- Music -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Copyright -- Music.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Piracy (Copyright) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Piracy (Copyright)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Cummings, Alex Sayf. Democracy of sound. New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] 9780199858224 (DLC) 2012041759 (OCoLC)812791760
ISBN 9780199858231 (electronic book)
0199858233 (electronic book)
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