Digital Music Wars - Ownership and Control of the Celestial Jukebox (Hardcover)

With the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry and the role of the Internet are rapidly changing. Rather than buying records, tapes, or CDs_in other words, full-length collections of music_music shoppers can, as they have in earlier decades, purchase just one song at a time. It's akin to putting a coin into a diner jukebox_except the jukebox is in the sky, or, more accurately, out in cyberspace. But has increasing copyright protection gone too far in keeping the music from the masses? Digital Music Wars explores these transformations and the far-reaching implications of downloading music in an in-depth and insightful way. Focusing on recent legal, corporate, and technological developments, the authors show how the online music industry will establish the model for digital distribution, cultural access, and consumer privacy. Music lovers and savvy online shoppers will want to read this book, as will students and researchers interested in new media and the future of online culture.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Release date:	February 2006
First published:	February 2006
Authors:	Patrick Burkart • Tom McCourt
Dimensions:	221 x 150 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-3668-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Music recording & reproduction Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Music > Music recording & reproduction Promotions
LSN:	0-7425-3668-8
Barcode:	9780742536685

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