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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822680503321

Autore

Vaidhyanathan Siva

Titolo

Copyrights and copywrongs : the rise of intellectual property and how it threatens creativity / / Siva Vaidhyanathan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8147-8834-3

0-8147-8908-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

346.7304/82

Soggetti

Copyright - Social aspects - United States

Copyright - United States - History

United States Cultural policy

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

Copyright and American culture : ideas, expressions, and democracy -- Mark Twain and the history of literary copyright -- Celluloid copyright and derivative works, or, How to stop 12 monkeys with one chair -- Hep cats and copy cats : American music challenges the copyright tradition -- The digital moment : the end of copyright?

Sommario/riassunto

Copyright reflects far more than economic interests. Embedded within conflicts over royalties and infringement are cultural values-about race, class, access, ownership, free speech, and democracy-which influence how rights are determined and enforced. Questions of legitimacy-of what constitutes "intellectual property" or "fair use," and of how to locate a precise moment of cultural creation-have become enormously complicated in recent years, as advances in technology have exponentially increased the speed of cultural reproduction and dissemination. In Copyrights and Copywrongs , Siva Vaidhyana