03123nam 22006494a 450 991081846240332120200520144314.01-282-50427-497866125042730-226-40120-010.7208/9780226401201(CKB)2550000000006838(EBL)481233(OCoLC)590674165(SSID)ssj0000364373(PQKBManifestationID)12144524(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364373(PQKBWorkID)10394840(PQKB)11727096(MiAaPQ)EBC481233(DE-B1597)523680(OCoLC)1027308783(DE-B1597)9780226401201(EXLCZ)99255000000000683820090424d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPiracy the intellectual property wars from Gutenberg to Gates /Adrian JohnsChicago University of Chicago Pressc20091 online resource (636 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-40118-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.A general history of the pirates -- The invention of piracy -- The piratical enlightenment -- Experimenting with print -- Pharmaceutical piracy and the origins of medical patenting -- Of epics and orreries -- The land without property -- Making a nation -- The printing counterrevolution -- Inventors, schemers, and men of science -- International copyright and the science of civilization -- The first pirate hunters -- The great oscillation war -- Intellectual property and the nature of science -- The pirate at home and at large -- From phreaking to fudding -- Past, present, and future.Since the rise of Napster and other file-sharing services in its wake, most of us have assumed that intellectual piracy is a product of the digital age and that it threatens creative expression as never before. The Motion Picture Association of America, for instance, claimed that in 2005 the film industry lost 2.3 billion in revenue to piracy online. But here Adrian Johns shows that piracy has a much longer and more vital history than we have realized-one that has been largely forgotten and is little understood.Piracy explores the intellectual property wars from the advent of print culture inIntellectual property infringementHistoryPiracy (Copyright)HistoryCopyright infringementHistorySoftware piracyHistoryPrintingHistoryIntellectual property infringementHistory.Piracy (Copyright)History.Copyright infringementHistory.Software piracyHistory.PrintingHistory.346.04/8Johns Adrian329148MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818462403321Piracy16559UNINA