Copyright's Highway (eBook)

From the Printing Press to the Cloud, Second Edition

Paul Goldstein (Autor)

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2019 | 2. Auflage
240 Seiten
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
9781503609235 (ISBN)

Infos

In Copyright's Highway, one of the nation's leading authorities on intellectual property law offers an engaging, readable, and intelligent analysis of the effect of copyright on American politics, economy, and culture. From eighteenth-century copyright law, to the "e;celestial jukebox,"e; to the future of copyright issues in the digital age, Paul Goldstein presents a thorough examination of the challenges facing copyright owners and users. In this fully updated second edition, the author expands the discussion to cover the latest developments and shifts in copyright law for a new audience of scholars and students. This expanded edition introduces readers to present and future debates regarding copyright law and policy, including a new chapter on the technological shift in emphasis from producer to consumer and the legal shift from exclusive rights to exceptions and limitations to those rights. From Gutenberg to Google Books, Copyright's Highway, Second Edition, offers a concise, essential resource for the internet generation.

Autor

A globally recognized expert on intellectual property law, Paul Goldstein the Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. Goldstein is the author of eleven books, including an influential five-volume treatise on U.S. copyright law, a one-volume treatise on international copyright law, and five novels. He has served as chairman of the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Panel on Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information. Havana Requiem, his third novel, won the 2013 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.5.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: author’s right • Consumer Welfare • Copyright • Entertainment products • information products • Intellectual Property • Internet • media • New Technologies
• ISBN-13: 9781503609235 / 9781503609235