Rethinking copyright : history, theory, language / Ronan Deazley.

By:

Deazley, Ronan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2006.Description: xiv, 201 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781845422820 (cased)
1845422821 (cased)
9781847209443 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

346.4104'82 22

LOC classification:

KD1289 .D435 2006

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-190) and index.

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.

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