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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778570203321

Autore

Boyle James <1959->

Titolo

Shamans, software, and spleens [[electronic resource] ] : law and the construction of the information society / / James Boyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-674-02863-5

Edizione

[1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288p. ) : ill

Disciplina

303.4833

Soggetti

Intellectual property

Copyright - Moral rights

Authors - Legal status, laws, etc

Information society

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-259) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Information Society -- 2 Four Puzzles -- 3 The Public and Private Realms -- 4 Information Economics -- 5 Intellectual Property and the Liberal State -- 6 Copyright and the Invention of Authorship -- 7 Blackmail -- 8 Insider Trading and the Romantic Entrepreneur -- 9 Spleens -- 10 Stereotyping Information and Searching for an Author -- 11 The International Political Economy of Authorship -- 12 Private Censors, Transgenic Slavery, and Electronic Indenture -- 13 Proposals and Objections -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. An Afterword on Method -- Appendix B. The Bellagio Declaration -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shamans, Software and Spleens presents a look at the tricky problems posed by the information society. Boyle's book discusses topics ranging from blackmail and insider trading to artificial intelligence, microeconomics and cultural studies.