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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821140003321

Autore

Cummings Alex Sayf

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-19-932372-0

0-19-025452-1

1-299-45689-8

0-19-985823-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

346.7304/82

Soggetti

Copyright - Music - United States - History - 20th century

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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. -

Sommario/riassunto

'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.