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• Peers, Pirates, and Persuasion: Rhetoric in the Peer-to-Peer Debates (West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press, c2006), by John Logie (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Copyright and Home Copying: Technology Challenges the Law (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Copyright & home copying : technology challenges the law. (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment :, 1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright infringements (audio and video recorders) : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first and second sessions, on S. 1758 ... November 30, 1981 and April 21, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home recording of copyrighted works : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on H.R. 4783, H.R. 4794, H.R. 4808, H.R. 5250, H.R. 5488, and H.R. 5705 .... (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Paradox of illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks and the impact of technology on the entertainment industry (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2004), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital Audio Recorder Act of 1987 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session on S. 506 to require the inclusion of copy-code scanners in digital audio recording devices, May 15, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital Audio Tape Recorder Act of 1990 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, second session, on S. 2358 ... June 11, 1990. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital audio tape recorders : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session on H.R. 1384, a bill to require the inclusion of copycode scanners in digital audio recording devices, May 14, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Consumer Protection United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Paradox of illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks and the impact of technology on the entertainment industry (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2004), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright issues presented by digital audio tape : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the House Committee on the Judiciary, One hundredth Congress, first session on digital audio taping, April 2, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents and Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Video and audio home taping : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eight Congress, first session on S. 31 ... and S. 175 ... October 25, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Piracy of intellectual property on peer-to-peer networks : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, September 26, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendments Act of 1981--S. 691 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, on S. 691 ... June 19, 1981. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1981), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Law (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright infringements (audio and video recorders) : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first and second sessions, on S. 1758 ... November 30, 1981 and April 21,1982. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1982), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on copyright implications of digital audio transmission services : a report of the register of copyrights. (U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress :, 1991), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Respect yourself! : protect your music. (Dept. of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, 1992), by U.S. Customs Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prohibiting piracy of sound recordings : report (to accompany S. 646) (U.S. G.P.O., 1971), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)

• Music and radio in the 21st century : assuring fair rates and rules across platforms : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, July 29, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry's War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties (Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, c2013), by Aram Sinnreich (PDF with commentary at piracycrusade.com and various other sites)
• Costs of Internet piracy for the music and software industries : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 19, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Costs of Internet piracy for the music and software industries : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 19, 2000 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of Victor records. (Victor Talking Machine Company, 1920), by Victor Talking Machine Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Subject guide to spoken word recordings (Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1978), by Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and Linda Redmond (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalog of Victor records (Victor Talking Machine Company, in the 1910s), by Victor Talking Machine Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Folk recordings : selected from the Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, 1989), by Broadcasting Library of Congress. Motion Picture (page images at HathiTrust)
• How To Get the Most Out of Your Victrola, by Victor Talking Machine Company (Gutenberg ebook)

• Recording industry marketing practices : a check-up : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, October 9, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)

• Respect yourself! : protect your music. (Dept. of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service, 1992), by U.S. Customs Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Record labeling hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on contents of music and the lyrics of records, September 19, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Copyright and Related Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Unpublished Pre-1972 Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives (2009), by June M. Besek (PDF with commentary at clir.org)
• Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Pre-1972 Commercial Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives (2005), by June M. Besek (HTML and PDF with commentary at clir.org)
• Digital Audio Recorder Act of 1987 hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session on S. 506 ... May 15, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home Audio Recording Act hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, and its Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks, Ninety-ninth Congress, first and second sessions, on S. 1739 ... October 30, 1985; March 25 and August 4, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright issues presented by digital audio tape joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the House Committee on the Judiciary, One hundredth Congress, first session on digital audio taping, April 2, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents and Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance rights in sound recordings : Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1978), by Library of Congress Copyright Office and Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance rights in sound recordings : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright issues : cable television and performance rights : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session ... November 15, 26, and 27, 1979. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extending limited copyright in sound recordings hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, on H.R. 13364 ... June 3, 1974. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Competition, innovation, and public policy in the digital age : is the marketplace working to protect digital creative works? : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, March 14, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Where is the right spot on the dial for webcasting (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2003 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectural Property of the Commitee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session on H.R. 1417, April 1, 2003. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Public performance rights organizations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, May 11, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital content and enabling technology : satisfying the 21st century consumer : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, March 29 and May 3, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ensuring artists fair compensation : updating the performance right and platform parity for the 21st century : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, July 31, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploring the scope of public performance rights : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, November 13, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance Rights Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, on H.R. 4789, June 11, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performance Rights Act : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, on H.R. 848, March 10, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright registration for sound recordings. (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1996), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Performance Rights Act and parity among music delivery platforms : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, August 4, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• The audio and video flags : can content protection and technological innovation coexist? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications aned the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, June 27, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Audio and video first sale doctrine : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first and second sessions, on H.R. 1027, H.R. 1029, and S. 32 ... October 6, 27, December 13, 1983, February 23 and April 12, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1985), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Home Audio Recording Act : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, and its Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks, Ninety-ninth Congress, first and second sessions, on S. 1739 ... October 30, 1985; March 25 and August 4, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rental of sound recordings : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session on H.R. 4310 ... May 5, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Performance Rights In Sound Recordings Act of 1995 : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on S. 227 ... March 9, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intellectual property rights : the music and film industry : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, May 21, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Multilateral Agreement on Investment, win, lose or draw for the U.S.? : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, March 5, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (U.S. G.P.O., 1997), by United States, World Intellectual Property Organization. 1997 April 12, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) (page images at HathiTrust)
• WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) (1996) and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) (1996) : report (to accompany Treaty doc. 105-17). (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Treatment of pre-1978 publication of sound recordings : report (to accompany H.R. 1967) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1997), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technical corrections to copyright and other laws : report (to accompany H.R. 1189) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1999), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 : report (to accompany H.R. 5107) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2000), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 1506 ... June 21 and 28, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pre-1978 distribution of recordings containing musical compositions; copyright term extension; and copyright per program licenses : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session ... June 27, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendments Act of 1981--S. 691 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, on S. 691 ... June 19, 1981. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1981), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Law (page images at HathiTrust)
• Online entertainment and copyright law : coming soon to a digital device near you : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, April 3, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coin-Operated Phonorecord Player Copyright Act of 1983 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on S. 1734 ... June 20, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1984), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Audio and video rental : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on S. 32 ... and S. 33 ... April 29, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1983), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state of recorded sound preservation in the United States : a national legacy at risk in the digital age (Council on Library and Information Resources :, 2010), by Samuel Brylawski, Robert Bamberger, and National Recording Preservation Board (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan (Washington, D.C. : Council on Library and Information Resources : Library of Congress, [2012], 2012), by Alan Gevinson, Samuel Brylawski, Brenda Nelson-Strauss, and National Recording Preservation Board (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

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