Digital music wars
Subtitle: ownership and control of the celestial jukebox
By: Patrick Burkart and Tom Mccourt.
Contributors: McCourt, Tom, 1969-
Series: Critical media studies
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Music and the Internet; Sound recording industry; Digital communications
Description: "With the rising popularity of online music, the nature of the music industry is rapidly changing. Rather than buying albums, tapes, or CDs, music shoppers can purchase one song at a time. It's akin to putting a coin into a diner jukebox - except the jukebox is out in cyberspace. But has increasing copyright protection gone too far in keeping the music from the masses? The authors show how the online music industry will establish the model for digital distribution, cultural access, and consumer privacy. Digital Music Wars explores the far-reaching implications of downloading music."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The music industry in transition; title: The jukebox contested; title: The jukebox implemented; title: Digital capitalism, culture, and the public interest.