Some DJs who release illegal, unauthorized remixes are lauded by electronic dance music fans and artists, while others are condemned for it. A new study looks at why this is.
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Research Lead at Rhythm Obscura / Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Plymouth
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Senior Lecturer in Popular Music, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Higher Education, University of South Carolina
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Reader in Music Business, University of Westminster
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Dalla Lana Fellow in Global Journalism, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant Professor of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Lecturer in Popular Music, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, McGill University