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Space Age Love Song: The Mix Tape In A Digital Universe, Megan M. Carpenter
Space Age Love Song: The Mix Tape In A Digital Universe, Megan M. Carpenter
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Music sharing is one of the most controversial topics in copyright law. And mix tapes have been the classic, iconic form of music sharing for the last 30 years. Even in the face of technological development so rapid and far-reaching as to remove the literal “tape” from “mix tape,” there are nonetheless modern incarnations that crop up on a regular basis, from mix CDs to mix-sharing websites. Social norms permit and even encourage the creation of these modern mix tapes for such diverse reasons as wedding favors and birthday gifts.
If copyright law is meant to promote creativity and proscribe …