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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Terms
1. Introduction
The trial of the pirate kings
This book
A far from simple narrative
2. Writing a Digital History with Digital Documents
The event biography
Trawling the archive of archives
Digital documents and their discontents
3. MP3.com and Napster: The Entrepreneurs of Risk
The MP3
MP3.com: a new type of music
Napster: building a network
MP3.com: selling digital
Napster: exciting disruption
MP3.com: dismantling innovation
Myth
4. GNUtella: Decentralising the Masses
Nullsoft
GNUtella
Politically decentralised
5. FastTrack: The Business of Piracy
Zennström and Friis
Sharman takes over
Grokster (Kazaa and Streamcast) v MGM
Incorporating the competition
The business of piracy
6. BitTorrent: Revolution in the Network
Perfect
The legitimate BitTorrent
The Pirate Bay
A piratical ideology
7. Hacking the Market
Keeping it in the family
A hacker’s market
8. New Media Gatekeepers
Bring in the technologists!
Codes of control
Competing with free
The new media gatekeepers
9. A History of Digital Distribution
A digital culture industry
Change
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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