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Table of Contents: Click on the links below to jump to various sections of the comic.

Ancient GreeceHoly Roman Empire & Notation: The First Great Music TechnologyTroubadours & Secular-Sacred BorrowingPrinting and the Development of Property Rights
Borrowing in Classical MusicTimeline: Aesthetics, Technology, Economics & Law, 1400–1900The USA, 1800s: Remix Nation?USA, 1900: The Advent of Sound Recording
Copyright Law: How Long Is Enough?“The Jazz Problem”Radio, RadioRobert Johnson & the Blues
Rock ‘n’ Roll: From Chuck Berry to the British InvasionMusic Meets CopyrightSampling & Hip HopCoincidental Subconscious Copying
“Blurred Lines”A Song’s TaleMusic in CyberspaceConclusion
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