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Theft! A History Of Music: A Tale Of Law And Music That Leads Through The Gates Of Time! [Tales From The Public Domain], Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
Theft! A History Of Music: A Tale Of Law And Music That Leads Through The Gates Of Time! [Tales From The Public Domain], Keith Aoki, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
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This comic lays out 2000 years of musical history. A neglected part of musical history. Again and again there have been attempts to police music; to restrict borrowing and cultural cross-fertilization. But music builds on itself. To those who think that mash-ups and sampling started with YouTube or the DJ's turntables, it might be shocking to find that musicians have been borrowing-extensively borrowing-from each other since music began. Then why try to stop that process The reasons varied. Philosophy, religion, politics, race--again and again, race--and law. And because music affects us so deeply, those struggles were passionate …