| Description |
1 online resource (255 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; l Copyright and American Culture: Ideas, Expressions, and Democracy; 2 Mark Twain and the History of Literary Copyright; 3 Celluloid Copyright and Derivative Works, or, How toStop 12 Monkeys with One Chair; 4 Hep Cats and Copy Cats: American Music Challengesthe Copyright Tradition; 5 The Digital Moment: The End of Copyright?; Epilogue: The Summer without Martha Graham; Notes; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
Copyright reflects far more than economic interests. Embedded within conflicts over royalties and infringement are cultural values--about race, class, access, ownership, free speech, and democracy--which influence how rights are determined and enforced. Questions of legitimacy--of what constitutes "intellectual property" or "fair use," and of how to locate a precise moment of cultural creation--have become enormously complicated in recent years, as advances in technology have exponentially increased the speed of cultural reproduction and dissemination. In Copyrights and Copywrongs, Siva Vaidhyana |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Copyright -- United States -- History
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Copyright -- Social aspects -- United States
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Copyright
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Copyright -- Social aspects
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Cultural policy
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Cultural policy
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814789087 |
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0814789080 |
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0814788076 |
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9780814788073 |
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0814788068 |
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9780814788066 |
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