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    The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry's War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties
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    The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry's War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties
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    The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry's War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties
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    The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry's War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties

    By Aram Sinnreich

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    In the decade and a half since Napster first emerged, forever changing the face of digital culture, the claim that “internet pirates killed the music industry” has become so ubiquitous that it is treated as common knowledge. Piracy is a scourge on legitimate businesses and hard-working artists, we are told, a “cybercrime” similar to identity fraud or even terrorism.

    In The Piracy Crusade, Aram Sinnreich critiques the notion of “piracy” as a myth perpetuated by today’s cultural cartels—the handful of companies that dominate the film, software, and especially music industries. As digital networks have permeated our social environment, they have offered vast numbers of people the opportunity to experiment with innovative cultural and entrepreneurial ideas predicated on the belief that information should be shared widely. This has left the media cartels, whose power has historically resided in their ability to restrict the flow of cultural information, with difficult choices: adapt to this new environment, fight the changes tooth and nail, or accept obsolescence. Their decision to fight has resulted in ever stronger copyright laws and the aggressive pursuit of accused infringers.

    Yet the most dangerous legacy of this “piracy crusade” is not the damage inflicted on promising start-ups or on well-intentioned civilians caught in the crosshairs of file-sharing litigation. Far more troubling, Sinnreich argues, are the broader implications of copyright laws and global treaties that sacrifice free speech and privacy in the name of combating the phantom of piracy—policies that threaten to undermine the foundations of democratic society.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Press
    Release dateJan 28, 2014
    ISBN9781613763186
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    • 4/5
      Excellent overview of the copyright battle from a non-corporate bias. Aram explains the history behind copyright and its use as a tool for control and suppression, not as a support mechanism for artists. Coupled with the entertainment (and primarily music) industry's guarded approach to technology, it becomes clear that those with the power only move forward when it gives them greater control.

      While I would like to dive into more specific data (e.g. financial) than given, the references should make for a good starting point. Getting too specific probably would have bogged down the discussion created here and is better left to other texts.