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Veit 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 Contents
Acknowledgments 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

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      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 22 November 2022
      ISBN-13 9781478018964
      978-1478018964
      ISBN-10 1478018968
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      Theory of music and musicology African history Copyright law

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Veit 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 Contents
      Acknowledgments 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

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