03142nam 2200721Ia 450 991065313290332120190701230053.00-19-991176-20-19-025846-21-282-13525-297866138078300-19-990852-4(CKB)2550000000105537(EBL)978156(OCoLC)801405466(SSID)ssj0000690761(PQKBManifestationID)12341289(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690761(PQKBWorkID)10628547(PQKB)11730489(StDuBDS)EDZ0001077836(MiAaPQ)EBC978156(EXLCZ)99255000000010553720120216d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe knockoff economy how imitation sparks innovation /Kal Raustiala, Christopher Jon SprigmanNew York :Oxford University Press,[2012]©20121 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-936109-6 0-19-539978-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; ZFrom 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 generaPiracy (Copyright)United StatesPiracy (Copyright)Economic aspectsUnited StatesCopyrightUnited StatesIntellectual propertyUnited StatesCopyrightMusicUnited StatesSound recordingsPirated editionsUnited StatesElectronic books.Piracy (Copyright)Piracy (Copyright)Economic aspectsCopyrightIntellectual propertyCopyrightMusicSound recordingsPirated editions306.3LAW050000BUS008000bisacshRaustiala Kal256767Sprigman Christopher Jon1252741MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910653132903321The knockoff economy2904404UNINA