This book is an economic analysis of plagiarism in music, focusing on social efficiency and questions of inequity in the revenue of authors/artists. The organisation into central chapters on the traditional literary aspect of composition and the technocratic problem of "sampling" will help...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): 1. Storm Gloor (2011), 'Just How Long Is Your 'Fifteen Minutes'? An Empirical Analysis of Artists' Time on the Popular Charts', Journal of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association, 11 (1), 61-82 -- 2. David E. Giles (2007), 'Survival of...

Chapter 1. What is Plagiarism and What is Musical Plagiarism? -- Chapter 2. Plagiarism the Old Fashioned Way: Steal from a Composition -- Chapter 3. Sampling, Samples and Library Music -- Chapter 4. Policy Issues -- Appendix.

1. Introduction -- 2. Adele-o-nomics -- 3. The never ending death of music -- 4. Does anyone know anything about anything? -- 5. The production and supply of music -- 6. Consumption of music -- 7. Age -- 8. Gender -- 9. Race and ethnicity -- 10. International trade -- 11. Conclusion.