Lucas Hilderbrand offers a panoramic history of gay bars in the United States, demonstrating the central roles that bars have played in queer public life across the country.
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Lucas Hilderbrand lives in Los Angeles and teaches film and media, visual, and queer studies at the University of California, Irvine. He has written on the pleasures and politics of video bootlegging, the mediations of queer memory, and the ambiguities of experimental documentary. His work delves into the intricate relationships between media, memory, and identity.
- 2023
- 2009
Inherent Vice: Bootleg Histories of Videotape and Copyright
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
The book delves into the evolution of home video technology and its impact on copyright law, highlighting the tension between media piracy and consumer rights. It examines how analog videotape, initially seen as a bootleg tool, challenged the film industry's resistance and led to significant legal changes favoring users' rights to record. Through this historical lens, the author illustrates how lessons from the past can inform current discussions on progressive media policy, making a case for the importance of fair use in today's digital landscape.