Peer to Peer and the Music Industry - The Criminalization of Sharing

Informationen zum Autor Matthew David is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Science at Durham University, and has undertaken research in the areas of new social movements, online data-services in higher education, online training in rural areas and forms of free online music sharing. He is author of Science in Society (Palgrave 2005) and Peer to Peer and the Music Industry (SAGE 2010), and co-author of Social Research (SAGE, latest edition 2011). Klappentext Have the music and movie industries lost the battle to criminalize downloading? the rise of file-sharing Zusammenfassung Combining inter-disciplinary resources from sociology! history! communication and media studies and cultural studies! Matthew David unpacks the economics! psychology and philosophy of file-sharing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Global Network Society: Territorialization and Deterritorialization File-Sharing: A Brief History Markets and Monopolies in Informational Goods: Intellectual Property Rights and Protectionism Legal Genealogies Technical Mythologies and Security Risks Media Management Creativity as Performance: The Myth of Creative Capital Alternative Cultural Models of Participation, Communication and Reward? Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Matthew David, Matthew David
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2009
• EAN: 9781847870056
• ISBN: 978-1-84787-005-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society; Theory, Culture & Society (Har; Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society; Theory, Culture & Society (Har; Published in Association with
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories