Short History of Copyright The Genie of Information
Innbundet /
2013
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9783319020747
Published
2013-11-08
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Height
235 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
Research, P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
8
This book tells the story of how, over centuries, people, society and culture created laws affecting supply of information. In the 21 century, uniform global copyright laws are claimed to be indispensable to the success of entertainment, internet and other information industries. Do copyright laws encourage information flow?
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This book tells the story of how, over centuries, people, society and culture created laws affecting supply of information. In the 21st century, uniform global copyright laws are claimed to be indispensable to the success of entertainment, internet and other information industries. Do copyright laws encourage information flow? Many say that copyright laws limit dissemination, harming society. In the last 300 years, industries armed with copyrights controlled output and distribution. Now the internet’s disruption of economic patterns may radically reshape information regulation. Information freedom, a source of emancipation, may change the world.
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Provides a brief but concise overview of the history of copyright? Describes the origins of copyright laws, and their effect on information dissemination Explains how technological innovation, far more than economic principle, have determined the shape of modern copyright law
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Product details
ISBN
9783319020747
Published
2013-11-08
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Height
235 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
Research, P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
8