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• Title:Copyrights and copywrongs : the rise of intellectual property and how it threatens creativity / Siva Vaidhyanathan.
  
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• Author/Creator:Vaidhyanathan, Siva.
  
• Published/Created:New York : New York University Press, ©2001.
  

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  • Location:DAVID LAM LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: Z642 .V35 2001
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: Z642 .V35 2001
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:c.1 Missing - 10-06-2005
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Copyright--Social aspects--United States.
  Copyright--United States--History.
  United States--Cultural policy.
  
• Description:xi, 243 p. ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"Copyright reflects far more than economic interests. Embedded within conflicts over royalties and infringement are cultural values - about access, ownership, free speech, race, class, 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 Vaidhyanathan tracks the history of American copyright law through the twentieth century, from Mark Twain's vehement exhortations for "thick" copyright protection to recent lawsuits regarding sampling in rap music and the "digital moment," exemplified by the rise of Napster and MP3 technology. He argues that in its current punitive, highly restrictive form, American copyright law hinders cultural production, thereby contributing to the poverty of civic culture"--BOOK JACKET.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780814788066 (alk. paper)
  0814788068 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Copyright and American culture : ideas, expressions, and democracy
  Mark Twain and the history of literary copyright
  Celluloid copyright and derivative works, or, How to stop 12 monkeys with one chair
  Hep cats and copy cats : American music challenges the copyright tradition
  The digital moment : the end of copyright?