TY  - BOOK
AU  - Deazley,Ronan
TI  - Rethinking copyright: history, theory, language 
SN  - 9781845422820 (cased)
AV  - KD1289 .D435 2006
U1  - 346.4104'82 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, Mass.
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-190) and index; History I: 1710-1774 -- History II: 1774-1854 -- History III: 1854-1912 -- Theory I: what copyright isn't ... or, conceiving the public domain -- Theory II: what is copyright? ... or, the case for intellectual property freedoms and privileges (and in that order) -- Conclusion
N2  - Provides an insight into the history and theory of copyright within contemporary legal and cultural discourse. This book exposes as myth the orthodox history of the development of copyright law in eighteenth-century Britain and explores the way in which that myth became entrenched throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0705/2006044012.html
ER  -