Smugglers, fayuqueros, piratas: Transitory commodities and illegality in the trade of pirated CDs in Mexico

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-265

  Aguiar, José Carlos G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Illegality; Intellectual property rights; Mexico; Piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886731298     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plar.12025     Document Type: Article

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