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Author Allen-Robertson, James, 1985-

Title Digital culture industry : a history of digital distribution / by James Allen-Robertson
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Contents Introduction -- 1. Writing a Digital History with Digital Documents -- 2. MP3.com and Napster: The Entrepreneurs of Risk -- 3. GNUtella: Decentralising the Masses -- 4. FastTrack: The Business of Piracy -- 5. BitTorrent: Revolution in the Network -- 6. Hacking the Market -- 7. New Media Gatekeepers -- 8. A History of Digital Distribution
Summary Through detailed intricate histories of illicit Internet piracy networks, Digital Culture Industry goes beyond the Napster creation myth and illuminates the unseen individuals, conflict and code behind the turn to digital media distribution. By utilising the internet as an archive of digital documents, the author presents unique histories of sites such as MP3.com and The Pirate Bay, and illuminates the software, values and people behind networks such as GNUtella and BitTorrent. By examining topics such as hacker ideology, data rights management and the ownership of digital media, this book demonstrates how our relationship to media objects has been transformed by digital distribution. The book also examines the method behind the work and demonstrates how digital documents can be utilised for historical research. It argues for histories that account for detail, the unintended and the impact that code can have on the trajectory of social change
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Computer file sharing -- History
Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks) -- History
Digital media -- History
Computer files -- Law and legislation.
Mass media -- Technological innovations
Internet entertainment -- History
Media studies.
COMPUTERS -- Computerized Home & Entertainment.
Media Studies.
Computer file sharing
Computer files -- Law and legislation
Digital media
Internet entertainment
Mass media -- Technological innovations
Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks)
Neue Medien
Informationsgesellschaft
Digitala medier -- sociala aspekter.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013003241
ISBN 9781137033475
1137033479
1349441503
9781349441501