| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Copyright -- Music -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Piracy (Copyright) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Copyright -- Music.
(OCoLC)fst00878748
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Piracy (Copyright) (OCoLC)fst01064762
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cummings, Alex Sayf. Democracy of sound. New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] 9780199858224 (DLC) 2012041759 (OCoLC)812791760 |
| ISBN |
9780199858231 (electronic bk.) |
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0199858233 (electronic bk.) |
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