From Monopoly to Intellectual Property: Music Piracy and the Remaking of American Copyright, 1909-1971

Cummings, Alex Sayf

doi:10.1093/jahist/97.3.659

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“…"The artist figured little in these debates, and then only in terms of the [commercial] value of his reputation or popular appeal." 14 These and other scholars are suggesting, without saying so directly, that values may exist within the folk community, which is the primary vehicle for the transmission of folk music culture, that are at odds with the ways in which current copyright policies are administered.…”

Section: Intellectual Property Barriers To Listeningmentioning

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Performers First: Gift Exchange and Digital Access to Live Folk Music Archives

Conway¹,

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2019

The American Archivist

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Archives commonly hold full, unedited, and unpublished recordings of live musical performances, particularly those archives that focus their collecting on local communities. Much of this content resides on deteriorating magnetic tape with highly restrictive intellectual property constraints that threaten its digital future. This article explores a possible resolution of this dilemma of preservation and access by giving preference to the perspectives and prerogatives of the musical artists represented on live folk music recordings. The article characterizes The Ark in Ann Arbor and the at-risk recordings made at this nationally recognized coffeehouse between 1969 and 1980 in the context of the late-era folk revival scene in the United States and the challenges that copyright restrictions pose for making digitized copies available to contemporary audiences. The authors present and discuss the findings of innovative memory triggering interviews with folk music performers that point toward a way to extend into the realm of digital surrogates a philosophy of the gift exchange cycle. The article argues that archives could embrace asynchronous digital streaming as an extension of the well-established folk process that is so central to the intimacy of the coffeehouse and sidestep if not completely mitigate the barriers imposed by today's intellectual property framework.

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Section: Intellectual Property Barriers To Listeningmentioning

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Performers First: Gift Exchange and Digital Access to Live Folk Music Archives

Conway¹,

Markum²

2019

The American Archivist

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“…The papers in the final corpus were primarily from the business literatures, mostly in areas such as information systems, ethics, marketing and economics. Disciplines outside business were not well represented: exceptions included studies in history, art and geography (Mercedes, 1996; Currah, 2006; Cummings, 2010). The largest body of literature fell into the field of information systems, with papers focusing on user, producer and business attitudes towards piracy.…”

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Initial findings of a gap analysis of the digital piracy literature: six undiscovered countries

Goode

2012

Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing

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PurposeDigital piracy continues to be a problem for firms, industry lobby groups and regulators. The purpose of this paper is to report initial findings of a review of the digital piracy literature. To reduce conceptual overlap and duplicated effort, the author aims to identify gaps in understanding for future research.Design/methodology/approachThe paper reviews prior literature on digital piracy across disciplinary areas.FindingsSix gaps are identified, being the supply of pirate digital materials, piracy for non‐desktop environments, alternative distribution methods, the quality of pirate materials, the behaviour of piracy groups, and the benefits of digital piracy. These gaps constitute important undiscovered areas of knowledge.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper excludes working papers and practitioner articles, which may contain different insight. The paper reports initial findings only, and the ongoing analysis may shed new light on these findings.Originality/valueThe paper contributes by providing a multidisciplinary view of gaps in the literature. No prior study has yet reviewed prior literature with a view to identifying these opportunities for future work.

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“…Gustavus Stadler has analyzed the alleged creation and dissemination of sound recordings of lynchings of African Americans. Alex Cummings has opened up the history of record‐pressing by collectors and fan clubs and of bootlegging (“Collectors”; “Music Piracy”). David Novak has dissected the international trading culture of “noise” cassettes.…”

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Sound Recordings and Popular Music Histories: The Remix

Suisman

2011

Journal of Popular Music Studies

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From Monopoly to Intellectual Property: Music Piracy and the Remaking of American Copyright, 1909-1971

Cited by 10 publications

References 1 publication

Performers First: Gift Exchange and Digital Access to Live Folk Music Archives

Performers First: Gift Exchange and Digital Access to Live Folk Music Archives

Initial findings of a gap analysis of the digital piracy literature: six undiscovered countries

Sound Recordings and Popular Music Histories: The Remix

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