The business of anti-piracy: New zones of enterprise in the copyright wars

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 606-625

  Lobato, Ramon ^a   Thomas, Julian ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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