[ecrea] Music and Cyberliberties - An guide for musicians and fans opposed to the major label lockdown of online music

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> An activist?s guide for musicians and fans 
> opposed to the major label lockdown of online music
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> Musicians and music fans are at the forefront of 
> cyberliberties activism, a movement that has 
> tried to correct the imbalances that imperil the 
> communal and ritualistic sharing and 
> distribution of music. In Music and 
> Cyberliberties, Patrick Burkart tracks the 
> migration of music advocacy and anti-major label 
> activism since the court defeat of Napster and 
> the ascendancy of the so-called Celestial 
> Jukebox model of music e-commerce, which sells licensed access to music.
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> Music and Cyberliberties identifies the 
> groups­alternative and radical media activists, 
> culture jammers, hackers, netlabels, and 
> critical legal scholars­who are pushing back 
> against the ?copyright grab? by major labels for 
> the rights and privileges that were once enjoyed 
> by artists and fans. Burkart reflects on the 
> emergence of peer-to-peer networking as a cause 
> célèbre that helped spark the movement, and also 
> lays out the next stages of development for the 
> Celestial Jukebox that would quash it. By 
> placing the musical activist groups into the 
> larger context of technology and new social 
> movement theory, Music and Cyberliberties offers 
> an exciting new way of understanding the 
> technological and social changes we confront daily.
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> Endorsements:
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> ?In this smart, readable book Patrick Burkart 
> theorizes the ways that ubiquitous and powerful 
> technologies have penetrated every aspect of our 
> lives and vividly illustrates what is at stake 
> in the battles over digital music. This is 
> essential reading for those who want to learn 
> more about our changing online world.?­Kembrew 
> McLeod, author of Freedom of Expression
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> ?This essential book provides a thorough 
> overview of recent transformations in the music 
> industry. But it also relates these changes to 
> fundamental questions concerning freedom and 
> political activism.? ­David Hesmondhalgh, 
> professor of media and music industries, University of Leeds

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