Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1: Context 2. Contextualising the Contemporary Recording Industry 3. The Recording Industry in the 20th Century 4. The Recording Industry in the 21st Century Part 2: The International Recording Industries 5. Brazil 6. Czech Republic 7. Finland 8. France 9. Japan 10. South Africa 11. Ukraine

About the Author

Lee Marshall is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol. His research interests focus on popular music, intellectual property and celebrity. Previous publications include Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Star (Polity, 2007), Bootlegging: Romanticism and Capitalism in the Music Industry (Sage, 2005) and Music and Copyright (co-edited with Simon Frith, Edinburgh University Press, 2004).