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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823448203321

Autore

Tussey Deborah

Titolo

Complex copyright : mapping the information ecosystem / / Deborah Tussey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2012

ISBN

1-315-57317-2

1-317-16282-X

1-317-16281-1

1-283-36736-X

9786613367365

0-7546-9532-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Disciplina

346.7304/82

Soggetti

Copyright - United States

Copyright - Philosophy

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

Introduction : a hitchhiker's guide to the information ecosystem -- Are publishers really like prairies? : copyright systems as complex adaptive systems -- A philosopher and a lobbyist walk into a bar : the theory and reality of copyright lawmaking -- Systems analysis for the copyright ecosystem -- Chaos, creativity, and copyright -- Complexifying copyright law : a possible future for copyright lawmaking.

Sommario/riassunto

This book draws on a wide selection of interdisciplinary literature discussing complex adaptive systems, to apply general complexity tenets to the institutions, conceptual framework, and theoretical justifications of the copyright system, both in the United States and internationally. The author argues that designers of copyright regimes should look to complexity theory for guidance, and that copyright law must tolerate chaotic elements that may be essential to the sustainability of complex systems.