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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
535 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Today's copyright wars can seem unprecedented. Sparked by the digital revolution that has made copyright -- and its violation -- a part of everyday life, fights over intellectual property have pitted creators, Hollywood, and governments against consumers, pirates, Silicon Valley, and open-access advocates. But while the digital generation can be forgiven for thinking the dispute between, for example, the publishing industry and Google is completely...
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxv, 162 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Information Doesn't Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls and the opportunities that creative industries (and individuals) are confronting today -- about how the old models have failed or found new footing, and about what might soon replace them. Information...
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xi, 272 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Copyright law, as conventionally understood, serves the public interest by regulating the production and dissemination of works of authorship, though it recognizes that the requirements of the public interest are in tension. Incentives for creation must be provided, but protections granted authors must not prevent the fruits of creativity and knowledge from spreading. Copyright law, therefore, should balance the needs of creators and users--or so...
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