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Starting with music publishers' efforts to stamp out bootleg compilations of lyric sheets in 1929, this title details nearly a century of disobedient music distribution, from song sheets to MP3s.

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"Kernfeld's rich and stimulating book makes a significant contribution to current debates over technology, copying, piracy, and the political economy of the music industry. He clarifies not just the history of legal and illegal music copying but also the arguments about these practices and the complicated relationships that have resulted among the law, corporations, entrepreneurs, consumers, and the media." (Simon Frith, University of Edinburgh)"

Pop Song Piracy Disobedient Music Distribution

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/10/2011
      ISBN13: 9780226431833, 978-0226431833
      ISBN10: 0226431835
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Starting with music publishers' efforts to stamp out bootleg compilations of lyric sheets in 1929, this title details nearly a century of disobedient music distribution, from song sheets to MP3s.

      Trade Review
      "Kernfeld's rich and stimulating book makes a significant contribution to current debates over technology, copying, piracy, and the political economy of the music industry. He clarifies not just the history of legal and illegal music copying but also the arguments about these practices and the complicated relationships that have resulted among the law, corporations, entrepreneurs, consumers, and the media." (Simon Frith, University of Edinburgh)"

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