Aram Sinnreich

Dr. Aram Sinnreich is a media professor, author, and musician. He currently serves as chair of Communication Studies at American University’s School of Communication.

Sinnreich’s work focuses on the collision of culture, law and technology, with an emphasis on subjects such as emerging media and music.

He is the author of five books, Mashed Up (2010), The Piracy Crusade (2013), The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property (2019), A Second Chance for Yesterday (2023; written with Rachel Hope Cleves as R.A. Sinn), and The Secret Life of Data (2024; written with Jesse Gilbert).

He has also written for publications including The New York Times, Billboard, Wired, The Daily Beast, and Rolling Stone. In prior incarnations, Sinnreich worked at Rutger

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