Democracy of Sound

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Democracy of Sound is written by Alex Sayf Cummings and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019067511X (ISBN 10) and 9780190675110 (ISBN 13).

Democracy of Sound tells the story of the pirates, radicals, jazzbos, Deadheads, and DJs who challenged the record industry for control of recorded sound throughout the twentieth century. A political and cultural history, it shows how the primacy of "intellectual property" gradually eclipsed an American political tradition that was suspicious of monopolies and favored free competition.