Authors and Apparatus - A Media History of Copyright (Hardcover)

Copyright is under siege. From file sharing to vast library scanning projects, new technologies, actors, and attitudes toward intellectual property threaten the value of creative work. However, while digital media and the Internet have made making and sharing perfect copies of original works almost effortless, debates about protecting authors' rights are nothing new. In this sweeping account of the evolution of copyright law since the mid-nineteenth century, Monika Dommann explores how radical media changes-from sheet music and phonographs to photocopiers and networked information systems-have challenged and transformed legal and cultural concept of authors' rights. Dommann provides a critical transatlantic perspective on developments in copyright law and mechanical reproduction of words and music, charting how artists, media companies, and lawmakers in the United States and western Europe approached the complex tangle of technological innovation, intellectual property, and consumer interests. From the seemingly innocuous music box, invented around 1800, to BASF's magnetic tapes and Xerox machines, she demonstrates how copyright has been continuously destabilized by emerging technologies, requiring new legal norms to regulate commercial and private copying practices. Without minimizing digital media's radical disruption to notions of intellectual property, Dommann uncovers the deep historical roots of the conflict between copyright and media-a story that can inform present-day debates over the legal protection of authorship.

General

Imprint:	Cornell University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Monika Dommann
Translators:	Sarah Pybus
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	282
ISBN-13:	978-1-5017-0992-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Personal property law > Intellectual property, copyright & patents
LSN:	1-5017-0992-5
Barcode:	9781501709920

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