Privilege and property essays on the history of copyright
"What can and can't be copied is a matter of law, but also of aesthetics, culture, and economics. The act of copying, and the creation and transaction of rights relating to it, evokes fundamental notions of communication and censorship, of authorship and ownership--of privilege and propert...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K.
OpenBook
2010, 2010
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "What can and can't be copied is a matter of law, but also of aesthetics, culture, and economics. The act of copying, and the creation and transaction of rights relating to it, evokes fundamental notions of communication and censorship, of authorship and ownership--of privilege and property. This volume conceives a new history of copyright law as fifteen leading academics discuss the changing state of intellectual property across time and between countries"--Publisher's description |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 438 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781906924195 1906924198 |