Alex Sayf Cummings

Democracy of Sound

Music Piracy and the Remaking of American Copyright in the Twentieth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

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 twentieth 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 favored free competition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780190675110
• ISBN-10: 019067511X
• Artikelnr.: 47868860

Autorenporträt

Alex Sayf Cummings is Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part One: The Birth and Growth of Piracy, 1877-1955
1. Music, Machines, and Monopoly
2. Collectors, Con Men, and the Struggle for Property Rights
3. Piracy and the Rise of New Media
Part Two: The Legal Backlash, 1945-1998
4. Counterculture, Popular Music, and the Bootleg Boom
5. The Criminalization of Piracy
6. Deadheads, Hip Hop, and the Possibility of Compromise
7. The Global War on Piracy
Conclusion: Piracy as Social Media
Notes
Index