Owning the masters : a history of sound recording copyright /

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-246) and index.Mechanizing -- Performing -- Producing -- Expanding -- Justifying -- Networking -- Owning."Owning the Masters provides a history of sound recording copyright. It is this form of intellectual property that underpins the workings of the recording industry. Rather than being focused on the manufacture of goods, this industry is centred on the creation, exploitation, and protection of rights. The development and control of these rights has not been straightforward. This book explores the lobbying activities of record companies: the principal creators, owners, and defenders of sound recording copyright. It addresses the counter-activity of recording artists, in particular those who have fought against the legislative and contractual practices of record companies to claim these master rights for themselves. In addition, this book looks at the activities of the listening public, large numbers of whom have been labeled 'pirates' for trespassing on these rights"--