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“Back to the Commonwealth” (The Beatles),
104

Baes, Jonas,
196

Ball, Jared,
171

Bamboo Industries—Records for Most Jazz Ears label,
78

Band, The,
97

Banks, Lloyd,
169

Barbecue Bob,
59

Barlow, John Perry,
160
–1,
211

“basement tapes.”
See
Dylan, Bob;
Great White Wonder

Bayreuth Festival,
76

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation),
67
–8,
105

Beach Boys,
153

Beatles, The,
81
,
94
,
99
–100,
106
,
127
,
200

piracy of,
6
,
113
,
124
,
142
,
163
and race,
104
–5

Bechet, Sidney,
41
,
55
,
59
,
61

Bee Gees,
182

Begun, Semi J.,
41
–2,
67
–8

Beiderbecke, Bix,
6
,
38
,
40
,
57

Beineix, Jean-Jacques,
175
–6

Bell Telephone Laboratories,
67
,
81

Ben Folds Five,
8

Ben-Ami, Daniel,
212

Benkler, Yochai,
160

Berardi, Franco “Bifo,”
173
–4

Berkeley Barb
,
97

Berliner, Emile,
4
,
13
,
20
,
30
,
70

Berne Convention,
20
,
118
–9,
190

Bharatiya Janata Party (India),
194

Big Champagne,
208

“Billie Jean” (Michael Jackson),
206

Biltmore label,
50

“Birdland” (Patti Smith),
105

Biz Markie,
205

Black Album
(Prince),
163

Blackmun, Harry,
138

Blaisdell, William,
119

Blattner, Ludwig,
66
–7

Blattnerphone,
66
–7

Blue Ace label,
50
,
59

blues,
52
,
87

and collectors,
40
,
44

piracy of,
36
,
59
–60,
176

Board of Foreign Trade (Taiwan),
184

Bogus Talking Machine, or the Puzzled Dutchman, The
(Griffin Hall),
12
–3

Bohusch, Jan,
112
–4,
117
,
141
–2

Bollettino, Dante,
56
–7,
71
,
76
,
127

comparison to later pirates,
86
,
94
,
106
,
176

impact on legislation,
118

Bollywood,
185

Bomp!
,
152
–3

Bon Jovi,
163

Bono, Mary,
203

Bonus Platta-Pak company,
57

Bonynge, Robert,
24

boogie-woogie,
53
–4,
56

bootlegging,
1
,
4
–8,
35
–8,
86
–8,
142
–3,
150
–64,
182
–91,
195
–6,
212
–4

aesthetic of,
98
–100,
207
–8

and counterculture,
7
,
103
–9,
161
–3

as distinct from piracy,
5
–6,
101
,
153
–4,
205

in classical music,
31
,
36
,
48
–50,
65
,
72
–7,
93
,
96
,
106
,
126
,
156
,
201
,
171

in hip-hop,
151
,
164
,
166
–74,
214

in jam music,
156
–60,
162

in jazz,
41
–4,
50
–62,
71
,
76
,
78
,
118

in rock and roll,
57
,
87
,
93
–117,
139
,
150
–60,
163
,
210

technology of,
41
–2,
65
,
71
,
85
–8,
93
–7,
116
,
142
,
157
,
166
–8,
182
–3

Bowker, R.R.,
18
,
26

Boyle, James,
61
,
216

Bradley, Wynant Van Zandt Pearce,
4
,
29
–32,
36
,
124
,
126
,
176

Brand, Stewart,
161

Brandeis, Louis,
33
–4,
137
,
204

Brennan, William,
138

Brief, Henry,
126
,
129

British Phonographic Industry,
154
,
202

Brown v. Board of Education
,
138

Brown, James,
6
,
104
,
166
,
172

Brown, Tom,
114
–7

Brucie Bee,
151
,
165
,
167
,
169

Brunswick label,
42

Brush Development Company,
68
–9

Buchanan, Patrick,
194

Buck Wild,
167

Burger, Warren,
136
–8,
176

Burroughs, William,
87
–8

Bush, George W.,
212

Business Software Alliance,
191

Busta Rhymes,
170

Buzzcocks,
154

Cabellé, Monserrat,
77

Cage, John,
43

Calvé, Emma,
25

Cameo label,
57

Campbell, Clive.
See
Kool Herc

Campbell, William,
26

Canby, Edward Tatnall,
71
–3,
95

Capitol Records,
80
,
84
–5,
124
–5,
201

Capitol Records v. Greatest Records
(1964),
124

Capitol Records v. Mercury
(1955),
79
–80,
123
,
126

Capitol Records v. Naxos
(2005),
200
–1

Captain Sky,
166

Caruso, Enrico,
14
,
25
–6

Cash, Johnny,
96
,
98
,
170

cassette tape.
See
compact cassette

Castells, Manuel,
185
,
210

Celler, Emanuel,
131

Chanel,
192

Chaney, John C.,
28

Chang, Jeff,
164
,
167

Chatfield, Thomas,
30
–2

Chic,
164
,
166

China,
183
,
186
–7,
195
–6

Chomsky, Noam,
212

Chrysler,
82

Chuck D,
171

Clark, Payson,
127
–9

Classical music,
87
,
93
–4

and ethos of documentation,
106
,
156

and high-fidelity,
72
–4

and
Naxos
case,
201

and Victor company,
25
,
30
–1

comparison with jazz,
39

piracy of,
5
,
7
,
36
,
50
,
65
,
75
–7,
175
–6

Clay, Cassius,
104

Clinton, Bill,
7
,
194
–5,
211

Cohan, George M.,
174

Cohen, Leonard,
96
,
170

Cold Crush Brothers,
164

Colon, Chris,
144

Columbia Records,
16
,
66
,
75
,
84
,
103
–4,
109
–10,
140
,
170
,
181

attitude toward reissues,
38
,
43
,
51
–2

piracy of,
30
,
48
–9,
55
–7,
99
–101

Combs, Sean “Puffy,”
167
,
206

Commodore Music Shop,
42
.
See also
Gabler, Milt

Communism,
76
,
93
–4,
182
–3

compact cassette,
4
,
7
,
65
,
71
,
84
–8,
94
–5,
151
–2,
162
–4,
181
–3,
188
–9,
200
,
202
.
See also
mixtape

compact disc (CD),
5
,
101
,
162
–3,
169
,
173
–4,
180
,
196
–7,
207

Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting
(1964),
80
–1,
123
–4,
137
–8

compulsory license,
27
–8,
33
,
111
,
119
,
130
,
133
–4,
139
,
145
,
148

Conklin, Terry,
116

conservatism,
104
,
107
,
137
–8,
194
,
211
–2

Constitution (US),
97

and state copyright laws,
136
–7

Ninth Amendment of,
81

on limitations of copyright,
7
,
26
,
120

on support of copyright,
3
,
19

Copyright

and international law,
3
,
20
,
118
,
175
,
186
–7,
192
–5

and monopoly,
12
,
27
–8,
33
,
124
,
133
,
136
,
138
,
146
,
148

common law,
45
,
48
–9,
80
,
125
,
146
,
201

Copyright Act of 1909 (US),
12
,
21
,
26
–9,
32
–3,
54
,
80
,
111
,
119
,
133
,
145
,
149

Copyright Act of 1956 (UK),
187

Copyright Act of 1976 (US),
142
,
144
–9,
152
,
201
,
212

dual system of,
146
,
201

length of term,
3
,
18
,
26
,
124
,
128
,
145
,
149
,
203

origin,
2
–3

penalties for infringement,
22
,
125
,
141
,
143
,
149
,
177
,
197
,
200
,
203
,
207
,
211

Corbett, John,
63
,
65

Council of Europe,
188

counterculture,
7
,
94
–117,
130
,
152
–3,
156
,
161
,
210
,
211

counterfeiting,
1
,
36
,
141

and international market,
183
–4,
191
–2

as distinct from bootlegging,
101
,
109
,
151
–4,
205

definition of,
5
–6

legislation against,
123
–4,
129
,
149

country music,
60
(fig.),
65
,
97
,
142

Creative Commons,
161
–2,
204
,
213

Crosby, Bing,
69

Crosby, David,
116

Crosby, Stills and Nash,
116
,
131

Crown label,
35

Crumb, Robert,
102

Currier, Frank,
23

custom pressing,
55
,
61
,
71
,
94
,
207

Custom Recording Company,
102
,
133

cyberlibertarianism,
161

Dailygraph wire recorder,
67

Davies, Gillian,
188

Davis, Hal C.,
131

Davis, Miles,
64
(fig.)

Day, William,
20
,
120

Dead Kennedys,
202

Dead Relix
,
157

Deadheads,
156
–60.
See also
Grateful Dead

Debussy,
72

Decca label,
43
,
52
,
69
,
75
,
84

Deep Purple,
102

Def Jam,
173

Delaunay, Charles,
39

Demers, Joanna,
204
–5

Denisoff, R. Serge,
106
,
117
,
142

Denver, John,
113

Deutsche Grammophon label,
76

Diamond Multimedia,
215

Difranco, Ani,
216

Dimock, Edward,
80

“Ding-A-Ling” (Bobby Rydell),
57
,
142

Disney,
211

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