The Copyright Wars : Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle.
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 advo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 new, the copyright wars in fact stretch back three centuries-and their history is essential to understanding today's battles. The Copyright Wars</i. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (547 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781400851911 1400851912 |