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• Title:Intellectual property : a very short introduction / Siva Vaidhyanathan.
  
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• Author/Creator:Vaidhyanathan, Siva.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Oxford Very Short Introductions
  
• Published/Created:New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
  

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  • Call Number: K1401
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Intellectual property (International law)
  Copyright, International.
  
• Subject(s):Electronic books.
  LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright.
  
• Description:1 online resource
  
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• Summary:" We all create intellectual property. We all use intellectual property. Intellectual property is the most pervasive yet least understood way we regulate expression. Despite its importance to so many aspects of the global economy and daily life, intellectual property policy remains a confusing and arcane subject. This engaging book clarifies both the basic terms and the major conflicts surrounding these fascinating areas of law, offering a layman's introduction to copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of knowledge falling under the purview of intellectual property rights. Using vivid examples, noted media expert Siva Vaidhyanathan illustrates the powers and limits of intellectual property, distilling with grace and wit the complex tangle of laws, policies, and values governing the dissemination of ideas, expressions, inventions, creativity, and data collection in the modern world. Vaidhyanathan explains that intellectual property exists as it does because powerful interests want it to exist. The strongest economies in the world have a keen interest in embedding rigid methods of control and enforcement over emerging economies to preserve the huge economic interests linked to their copyright industries-film, music, software, and publishing. For this reason, the fight over the global standardization of intellectual property has become one of the most important sites of tension in North-South global relations. Through compelling case studies, including those of Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Sony, Amazon, and Google Books, Vaidhyanathan shows that the modern intellectual property systems reflect three centuries of changes in politics, economics, technologies, and social values. Although it emerged from a desire to foster creativity while simultaneously protecting it, intellectual property today has fundamentally shifted to a political dimension. "-- Provided by publisher.
  "This Very Short Introduction surveys the key issues and controversies surrounding global intellectual property law and policy, considering the effects global standardization is having on both developed and developing nations and the relationships among them. Noted cultural historian and media scholar Siva Vaidhyanathan helps clarify both the basic terms and the major conflicts surrounding the fascinating and controversial idea of intellectual property"-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-114) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780195372779
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note:
  Preface
  Chapter 1: How to Read Starbucks; or Why Intellectual Property Matters More Than You Think
  Chapter 2: Copyright, Culture, and Commerce
  Chapter 3: Patents and their Discontents
  Chapter 4: Trademarks and the Politics of Branding
  Chapter 5: Other Rights: Domain Names, Publicity, Trade Secrets, Data, and Designs
  Conclusion : the politics of resistance.