The Knockoff Economy : How Imitation Sparks Innovation.

From 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sprigman, Christopher (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford University Press, USA 2012.
Subjects:	Piracy (Copyright) > United States. Piracy (Copyright) > Economic aspects > United States. Copyright > United States. Intellectual property > United States. Copyright > Music > United States. Sound recordings > Pirated editions > United States. Piratage (Droit d'auteur) > États-Unis. Piratage (Droit d'auteur) > Aspect économique > États-Unis. Propriété intellectuelle > États-Unis. Droit d'auteur > Musique > États-Unis. Enregistrements sonores > Piratage > États-Unis. LAW > Intellectual Property > General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics. Copyright Copyright > Music Intellectual property Piracy (Copyright) Piracy (Copyright) > Economic aspects Sound recordings > Pirated editions United States Electronic books. dissertations. Academic theses Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Knockoffs and Fashion Victims
Chapter 3: Cuisine, Copying, and Creativity
Chapter 4: Comedy Vigilantes
Chapter 5: Football, Fonts, Finance, and Feist
Chapter 6: Conclusion: Copies and Creativity
Chapter 7: Epilogue: The Future is Music.