Aram Sinnreich

His work examines the intersection of media, technology, law, and culture, with particular focus on intellectual property, data privacy, digital markets, platform governance, and the social and economic effects of emerging technologies, as well as music industries and cultures.

As a scholar, author, and expert witness, Professor Sinnreich brings deep experience to matters involving digital media, copyright, fair use, file sharing, data privacy, algorithmic surveillance, media industries, and technology-enabled markets. He regularly engages with policymakers and industry stakeholders on questions regarding law, technology, and culture.

Professor Sinnreich’s scholarship examines issues such as intellectual property, digital rights, privacy and surveillance, media regulation, and the social and economic implications of digital culture. He explores the ways in which technological change shapes markets, governance, and creative industries, with particular attention to music and media. His findings are widely read by academic, policy, and industry audiences, and he regularly contributes to public discussions on technology and media through publications in outlets such as The New York Times, Wired, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and The Daily Beast.

He is the author of five books, including The Essential Guide to Intellectual Property, Mashed Up: Music, Technology and the Rise of Configurable Culture, and The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties, as well as more recent works such as The Secret Life of Data and the novel A Second Chance for Yesterday (coauthored under the pen name R.A. Sinn). His writing addresses the evolving legal and policy frameworks surrounding digital media, data, and creative industries.

Professor Sinnreich earned his PhD from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and an MS from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.