A short history of copyright: The genie of information

Benedict Atkinson; Brian Fitzgerald

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02075-4

A short history of copyright: The genie of information

Benedict Atkinson
, Brian Fitzgerald

Australian Catholic University

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Abstract

This book tells the story of how, over centuries, people, society and culture created laws affecting supply of information. In the 21 century, uniform global copyright laws are claimed to be indispensable to the success of entertainment, internet and other information industries. Do copyright laws encourage information flow? Many say that copyright laws limit dissemination, harming society. In the last 300 years, industries armed with copyrights controlled output and distribution. Now the internet's disruption of economic patterns may radically reshape information regulation. Information freedom, a source of emancipation, may change the world.

Original language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Number of pages	142
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319020754
ISBN (Print)	3319020749, 9783319020747
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02075-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2014
Externally published	Yes

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