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artist support for,
105
–6,
155
,
158
–60,
202
,
214

legislation against,
123
,
125
–36,
143
–9,
194
,
203

lobbying efforts in support of,
127
–9,
133
,
147
–8

record label involvement in,
35
–6,
55
–6,
76
,
142

See also
file sharing; bootlegging; counterfeiting

Pirate Records,
59
,
60
(fig.),
61

Pitney, Mahlon,
33

Plançon, Pol-Henri,
25

“Planet Rock” (Afrika Bambaataa),
166
–7

player piano.
See
piano roll

Playgirl Industries,
139

Police (band),
206

Pontitoff, Alexander,
83

Porat, Marc Uri,
210

Porter, Tiran,
150

post-Fordism,
209

post-industrial society,
4
,
177
,
209
–10

postmodernism,
172
–3,
206

Poulsen, Valdemar,
66

Powell, Bud,
64
(fig.)

Powell, Enoch,
104

Powell, Lewis,
138

Premier Albums,
141

Presley, Elvis,
109
,
113

Prince,
5
,
163

Prince, Richard,
172

Progressive Era,
12
,
28
,
33
,
133
,
145
,
203

Protean Radish
,
101
,
109

Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph,
206

Psychedelic Supermarket,
98

Psychic Soviet, The
(Ian Svenonius),
172

publication,
45
,
80
,
134
,
146
,
201

Puff Daddy.
See
Combs, Sean “Puffy”

“Puff the Magic Dragon,”
183

Pujol, Joseph “Le Pétomane,”
79
(fig.)

punk,
105
,
117
,
151
,
154
.
See also
Dead

Kennedys; Moore, Thurston; Smith, Patti

Purple for a Day
(Deep Purple),
102

Putnam, Herbert,
21
–2,
29

Quicksilver Messenger Service,
157

R&B,
165
,
168

R.E.M.,
163

Radio Free Europe,
93

Rambo
,
182

Ramsey, Frederic, Jr.,
50
–1,
53

Rao, Narasimha,
194

“Rapper’s Delight” (Sugar Hill Gang),
164
,
166
,
167

RCA v. Whiteman
(1940),
37
,
45
–8,
54
,
80
,
137

“RCA Victim” label,
113

RCA Victor,
13
–4,
23
–6,
29
–33,
35
,
38
,
41
,
45
–8,
52
,
54
(fig.),
55
–6,
59
–61,
66
,
70
–1,
76
–7,
82
,
84
,
113
,
122
,
132
181
,
209

Reagan, Ronald,
7
,
177
,
190
,
192
,
211
,
216

Record Changer
,
42
(fig.),
54
(fig.),
55
–7,
75

Record Corporation of America label,
76

Record Plant,
114

Red Onion Jazz Babies
(Clarence Williams),
43

Red Seal records,
33
,
132

Redman,
170

“Redondo Beach” (Patti Smith),
106

Redwood, Ruddy,
165

reggae,
164
–5

Rehnquist, William,
138

Reich, Wilhelm,
105

Reid, Arthur “Duke,”
165

Reid, Shaheem,
169
–70

Rek-O-Kut recorder,
71

Remco,
42

Renaissance Minstrels
(The Beatles),
113
–4

Replacements,
162
–3

Reprise,
181

Resnik, Regina,
36
,
76

RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America),
119
,
125
–6,
131
,
134
,
138
–43,
147
,
154
,
156
,
163
,
171
,
180
,
191
,
197
,
216

Richard Records,
113

Rieber, Dick,
39
–40

Righteous Babe Records,
216

Ring des Nibelungen
cycle (Richard Wagner),
36
,
76
,
87

Ringer, Barbara,
123
–4,
130
,
148
,
149
,
201

Robinson, Sylvia,
166

rock and roll,
5
,
7
,
57
,
81
,
87
,
93
–110,
113
–7,
139
,
142
,
150
–60,
163
,
171
–3,
183
,
202
,
210

Rockefeller, Nelson,
125
,
127
–9

Rolling Stone
,
97
,
99
,
103
,
107
,
130
,
156

Rolling Stones,
94
,
96
,
163
,
166

Roosevelt, Franklin,
68
,
138

Roosevelt, Theodore,
21
,
28

Rose, Boris,
64
(fig.),
65
,
74
,
78
–9,
94
,
117
,
176

Rosen, Charlie,
157

Rosengarten, Theodore,
53

Ross, Diana,
206

Roulette Records,
133

Royal Academy of Music,
190

royalties,
12
,
33
,
35
,
110
–2,
114
–5,
119
,
127
,
131
–3,
147
–8,
154
,
176
,
215

RSO label,
181
–2

Rubin, Jerry,
107
,
161

Rubber Dubber label,
103
,
107
–8,
110
,
114
–7,
141
,
151
–3,
157

Run-DMC,
163
–4,
167
,
197

Russell, William,
42

Russia.
See
Soviet Union

Rydell, Bobby,
57
,
142

Sam Goody,
139

Sampling,
6
,
11
,
162
,
170
,
172
,
204

legal restriction of,
134
,
171
,
205

and samplers,
166
,
168

Saturday Night Fever
,
177
,
181
–2,
198

Saturday Review
,
50
–1,
76
–7

Schafer, Charles,
133

Schirmer’s department store,
69

Schoenfeld, Joel,
141

Schultz, Mark,
160

Schulze, Günther G.,
154

Scott de Martinville, Édouard-Léon,
66

Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel
(1964),
80
–1,
123
–4,
137
–8

Sermon, Erick,
170

Serven, A.R.,
29

Sha Money XL,
170

Shakespeare,
217

Shapiro, Bernstein v. Miracle Records
(1950),
53

Shaw, Artie,
35

Shaw, Greg,
152

sheet music

and sales tactics,
174

copying of,
3
,
5
,
22
–3,
77

copyright of,
19
,
23
–4,
122

renting and sharing of,
27
–8,
214

shellac disc,
1
–2,
12
,
53
,
86

Sherburn, Nevill L.,
59
,
60
(fig.)

Shit Hits the Fans, The
(Replacements),
163

Shore, Laurence Kenneth,
179

Siew, Vincent,
184

Simmons, Joseph “Run,”
163
–4

Sinatra, Frank,
27
,
56
,
133

Singapore,
177
,
179
(fig.),
184
–5,
190
,
192
,
195

Smith, Bessie,
40
,
53
,
56

Smith, Byron,
165

Smith, Charles Edward,
38
,
41
–3,
53
,
96

Smith, Oberlin,
66

Smith, Patti,
105
–6,
108
,
154
,
155
(fig.)

Smith, Pine Top,
54

Smith, Steve,
39
–42

Snoop Doggy Dogg,
167

social media,
202
,
204
,
213
,
215
.
See also
Facebook; YouTube

Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998,
203

Sony,
82
,
88
,
157
,
181

Souchon, Harry,
128
–9

Sound Duplicating Systems,
144

Sound of Music, The
,
154
,
183

Sound Recording Act of 1971 (US),
135
–6,
138
,
143
,
147
,
149
,
201

Soundmirror recorder,
69
–70

Source, The
,
168

Sousa, John Philip,
25
–6,
29

Soviet Union,
26
,
182
–3

Spell My Name Right
(Statik Selektah),
174

Spotify,
215
–6

Springfield, Dusty,
105

Springsteen, Bruce,
152
,
155
–6

Stallman, Richard,
162
,
211

Standard Talking Machine Company,
13

Starchild,
165
,
167

Statik Selektah,
174

Stationers’ Company,
2

Stephanopoulos, George,
195

Stereo Eight tape,
84
,
87

Stereo Review
,
72
,
96
,
128
,
153

Stewart, Potter,
50
,
138

Stille, Curt,
66
–7

Stout, William,
102

Sugar Hill Gang,
164
,
166

Supreme Court (US),
31
,
44
,
67
,
86
,
118
,
142
,
176
,
205
,
214

and “hot news” doctrine,
32
–3

and right to copy,
80
–1,
202

and scope of copyright,
19
–21,
88
–9,
120
,
123
–4

support for stronger property rights,
7
,
136
–8,
149

Suhalan, Andi,
190

Sulzer, William,
26

Super Sounds company,
102

“Super Sporm” (Captain Sky),
166

supervening necessity,
66

Svenonius, Ian,
172

Swaggie label,
59
–61

Sweden,
59
,
60
(fig.),
176
,
179
(fig.)

Sweet Apple Trax
(The Beatles),
104

Taiwan,
175
,
177
–8,
183
–5,
191
,
195

“Taliban Song” (Toby Keith),
8

Talking Machine World
,
30

Talk-O-Phone,
14
,
29

Tall, Joel,
73

Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band,
59
,
128

Tanks for the Mammaries
,
105

Tape, The
(Kid Capri),
167
,
170

Tape Industries Association of America,
86

Target,
209

Taub, Edd,
109

Tauzin, Billy,
191

Taylor, James,
103
,
115

Taylor, Michael “Dub,”
96

Teenage Perversity and Ships in the Night
(Patti Smith),
105
–6

Telefunken label,
80

Television (band),
105
,
154

Terkel, Studs,
53

Terranova, Tiziana,
174

Terrasini, Claudia,
76
–7

Thailand,
177
,
189
,
195
–6

Thatcher, Margaret,
177
,
211

Thorvald Solberg,
27

Thriller
(Michael Jackson),
190
,
198

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