Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Media Piracy -- An Introduction -- Case Studies -- 2. Evasionary Publics -- Materiality and Piracy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Yonatan Reinberg -- 3. Piracy on the Ground -- How Informal Media Distribution and Access Influenc…
Follows the history of piracy in the motion picture industry--the unauthorized reproduction or use of films--from the early decades of the twentieth century to 2001, and looks at other types of stealing from Hollywood and by Hollywood.
Framing Piracy examines film distribution - legal and illegal - in the largest, mostly untapped market in the world: Greater China. Tracing networks of optical disc (VCD, DVD) and online piracy, this book tackles issues of politics, globalization, and technology. It features a w…
"It was a time when music fans copied and traded recordings without permission. An outraged music industry pushed Congress to pass anti-piracy legislation. Yes, that time is now; it was also the era of Napster in the 1990s, of cassette tapes in the 1970s, of reel-to-reel tapes i…
