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Book SynopsisVeit Erlmann examines the role of copyright law in post-apartheid South Africa and its impact on the South African music industry, showing how copyright is inextricably entwined with race, popular music, postcolonial governance, indigenous rights, and the struggle to create a more equitable society.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction. “We Do Not Speak the Same Language” 1
1. Aspirations and Apprehensions: Toward an Anthropology in Law 16
2. The Past in the Present: Copyright, Colonialism, and “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” 62
3. Assembling Tradition, Representing Indigeneity: The Making of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 28 of 2013 109
4. Circulating Evidence: The Truth about Piracy 174
5. Which Collective? The Infrastructure of Royalties 232
Conclusion. How to Speak the Same Language, or at Least Try To 301
Appendix. Southern African Copyright: The Basics 309
Notes 315
Bibliography 345
Index 371
