TY - BOOK AU - Stahl,Matt TI - Unfree Masters: Recording Artists and the Politics of Work T2 - Refiguring American music SN - 9780822353287 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - ML3477 .S725 2013 U1 - 338.47/780973 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Durham, NC PB - Duke University Press KW - Popular music KW - Writing and publishing KW - United States KW - Economic aspects KW - Intellectual property KW - Sound recording industry N1 - Includes bibliographical references (P. [269]-282) and index; American Idol and narratives of meritocracy -- Rockumentary and the new model worker -- Carving out recording artists from California's seven-year rule -- Freedom, unfreedom, and the rhetoric of (the recording) contract -- Recording artists, work for hire, employment, and appropriation ER -