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Alex Sayf Cummings

Alex Sayf Cummings is an assistant professor of history at Georgia State University and the author of the new book “Democracy of Sound: Music Piracy and the Remaking of American Copyright in the 20th Century.” He is also a co-editor of the blog Tropics of Meta.

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Forget copyright! We’ve always stolen music

Alex Sayf Cummings
(Associated Press)

“No Pakistanis”: The racial satire the Beatles don’t want you to hear

Alex Sayf Cummings

Galifianakis: Liberal hero

Alex Sayf Cummings
(Salon)

Where does the anti-SOPA movement go next?

Alex Sayf Cummings