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Record Nr.

UNINA9910653132903321

Autore

Raustiala Kal

Titolo

The knockoff economy : how imitation sparks innovation / / Kal Raustiala, Christopher Jon Sprigman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-19-991176-2

0-19-025846-2

1-282-13525-2

9786613807830

0-19-990852-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Classificazione

LAW050000BUS008000

Altri autori (Persone)

SprigmanChristopher Jon

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Piracy (Copyright) - United States

Piracy (Copyright) - Economic aspects - United States

Copyright - United States

Intellectual property - United States

Copyright - Music - United States

Sound recordings - Pirated editions - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1 KNOCKOFFS AND FASHION VICTIMS; 2 CUISINE, COPYING, AND CREATIVITY; 3 COMEDY VIGILANTES; 4 FOOTBALL, FONTS, FINANCE, AND FEIST; CONCLUSION: COPIES AND CREATIVITY; EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF MUSIC; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

From the shopping mall to the corner bistro, knockoffs are everywhere in today's marketplace. Conventional wisdom holds that copying kills creativity, and that laws that protect against copies are essential to innovation--and economic success. But are copyrights and patents always necessary? In The Knockoff Economy, Kal Raustiala and



Christopher Sprigman provocatively argue that creativity can not only survive in the face of copying, but can thrive.The Knockoff Economy approaches the question of incentives and innovation in a wholly new way--by exploring creative fields where copying is genera