Rebels on the Net

Claude Chastagner (1)

1 EMMA - Etudes montpelliéraines du monde anglophone

The success of Napster and other sites of semi-illegal downloading of music is often described (and experienced by their users) as the success of rebellious youth fighting the power of transglobal record company. The truth is far more complex.

Mots clés: piracy; music downloading; napster; internet; record companies

Domaines: Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène

Claude Chastagner. Rebels on the Net. Cercles : Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone, 2002, pp.20-30. ⟨halshs-00176151⟩