PhD Candidate / Editorial Assistant, Queensland University of Technology
D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye is the Editorial Assistant for Media Industries Journal, a PhD candidate in the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, and an avid musician. He His research interests include digital music, copyright, cultural policy, and platform regulation. He holds a Master’s of Science in Mass Communications from Kansas State University, USA.
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