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Media Piracy in Emerging Economies

By Joe Karaganis

Book information

Publisher
Social Science Research Council
Year
2011
ISBN
0984125744, 9780984125746
LCC
HD9696.A3 D4466 2011
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6528755 bytes)
Pages
436\440
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia. Based on three years of work by some thirty five researchers, Media Piracy in Emerging Economies tells two overarching stories: one tracing the explosive growth of piracy as digital technologies became cheap and ubiquitous around the world, and another following the growth of industry lobbies that have reshaped laws and law enforcement around copyright protection. The report argues that these efforts have largely failed, and that the problem of piracy is better conceived as a failure of affordable access to media in legal markets.

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