A Short History of Copyright: The Genie of Information

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Amazon Business : For business-only pricing, quantity discounts and FREE Shipping. Register a free business account Hardcover: 150 pages Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2014. Corr. 3rd printing 2014 edition (November 8, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 3319020749 ISBN-13: 978-3319020747 Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.4 x 9.2 inches Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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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?Â Many say that copyright laws limit dissemination, harming society. In the last 300 years, industries armed with copyrights controlled output and distribution.Â Now the internetâ€™s disruption of economic patterns may radically reshape information regulation.Â Information freedom, a source of emancipation, may change the world.

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