| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 283 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
What is intellectual property? -- The origins of intellectual property -- The limits of intellectual property -- Intellectual property and industry -- Intellectual property and cultural expression -- The politics behind intellectual property -- Intellectual property in the global arena -- Copyright piracy -- Copyleft and copyfight -- The future of intellectual property |
| Summary |
This study looks at the origins, evolution, purpose, and limitations of intellectual property. Detailing how intellectual property affects industry, politics, cultural expression, and medical research, the author takes a multidisciplinary approach to uncover what's behind twenty-first century debates about copyright and what the future holds for copyrights, patents, and trademarks. Based on the notion that intellectual property law is not merely a property right but also a mechanism of cultural and economic regulation with significant consequences for democratic institutions, global businesses, arts, and the sciences, the author draws on media studies, communications, law, economics, and cultural studies as he provides a blueprint for understanding intellectual property rights and underlines the important and pervasive role that they play in everyone's lives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Intellectual property -- United States
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Intellectual property (International law)
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Intellectual property.
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Intellectual Property
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intellectual property.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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LAW -- Intellectual Property -- Copyright.
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Intellectual property
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Intellectual property (International law)
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300245431 |
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0300245432 |
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