Media Piracy in the Cultural Economy - Intellectual Property and Labor Under Neoliberal Restructuring

This book situates media piracy as a symptom of a much larger restructuring of cultural labor in the era of the internet: labor that is digital, entrepreneurial, informal and even illegal, and increasingly politicized.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Theories of Late Capitalist Restructuring: Neoliberalism and Post-Fordism
Chapter 2: The Critique of the Digital Political Economy
Chapter 3: A History of Digital Piracy
Chapter 4: Theorizing Piracy
Chapter 5: Global Piracy
Conclusion: The End of P2P

About the author

Gavin Mueller was born in Columbus, Ohio. He holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from George Mason University. He currently teaches New Media and Digital Culture in the Media Studies program at the University of Amsterdam.

Summary

This book situates media piracy as a symptom of a much larger restructuring of cultural labor in the era of the internet: labor that is digital, entrepreneurial, informal and even illegal, and increasingly politicized.

Product details

• Authors: Gavin Mueller
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2019
• EAN: 9781138303812
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30381-2
• No. of pages: 130
• Series: Routledge Focus on Digital Media and Culture
• Subjects: Guides; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, COMPUTERS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, COMPUTERS / Internet / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, Political Economy, Sociology: work & labour, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General