Democracy of sound : music piracy and the remaking of American copyright in the twentieth century /

Cummings, Alex Sayf,

Democracy of sound : music piracy and the remaking of American copyright in the twentieth century / Alex Sayf Cummings. - New York, OUP, 2013. - xi, 257 pages : illustrations ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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. -

9780199858224 (alk. paper)


Copyright--United States
Piracy (Copyright)--United States

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