Piracy in the motion picture industry / Kerry Segrave.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Segrave, Kerry, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright--Motion pictures--United States--History.

Copyright.

Piracy (Copyright)--History--20th century--United States.

Piracy (Copyright).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003.

Summary:

""Comprehensive""--Film & History; ""important reading""--Communication Booknotes Quarterly. Piracy has been a very expensive and serious problem for the motion picture industry since the days of vaudeville. This work looks at the problem of piracy in the motion picture industry from the early days of the business up until 2001, both domestically and in foreign countries. It discusses how producers and film companies stole ideas from each other and from individuals and how exhibitors used shady practices (such as the under-reporting of box office receipts) to cheat the film companies, among

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface ; 1-Vaudeville and the Copy Act ; 2-The Silent Era, to 1929; 3-Jackrabbits and Star Stealing, 1930-1945; 4-Larceny in the Box Office, Butchery in TV's Grindhouse, 1945-1974; 5-Domestic Piracy, 1975-2001; 6-Foreign Piracy, 1975-2001; 7-Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical and references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7864-8160-9