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The long and tortured career of Ira B. Arnstein, ""the unrivaled king of copyright infringement plaintiffs,"" opens a curious window into the evolution of copyright law in the United States. As Gary A. Rosen shows in this frequently funny and always entertaining history, the litigious Arnstein was a trenchant observer and most improbable participant in the transformation of not just copyright, but of American popular music itself.A musical prodigy in the late nineteenth century, Arnstein performed as a boy soprano at the famous 1893 ""White City"" exhibition in Chicago. He grew up to be a comp

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