Cummings, Alex Sayf.

Democracy of sound music piracy and the remaking of American copyright in the twentieth century / Alex Sayf Cummings. - New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies 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 -- Conclusion: piracy as social media.



9780199858231


Copyright--Music--History--United States--20th century.
Piracy (Copyright)--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

KF3035 / .D466 2013