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Copy This Book! : What Data Tells Us about Copyright and the Public Good
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Title
Copy This Book! : What Data Tells Us about Copyright and the Public Good / Paul J. Heald.
ISBN
9781503614314
Publication
Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (200 p.)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
In English.
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Summary
In Copy This Book!, Paul J. Heald draws on a vast knowledge of copyright scholarship and a deep sense of irony to explain what's gone wrong with copyright in the twenty-first century. Distilling extensive empirical data to clearly show the implications of copyright laws and doctrine for public welfare, he illustrates his findings with lighthearted references to familiar (and obscure) works and their creators (and sometimes their creators' oddball relations). Among the questions he tackles: How does copyright deter composers from writing new songs? Why are so many famous photographs unprotected orphans, and how does Getty Images get away with licensing them? What can the use of music in movies tell us about the proper length of the copyright term? How do publishers get away with claiming rights in public domain works and extracting unmerited royalties from the public? Heald translates piles of data, complex laws, and mysterious economics, equipping readers with the tools for judging past and future copyright law.
Variant and related titles
De Gruyter University Press eBook pilot project 2020.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2022
Contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Brief Note on Copyright Law and the Purpose of This Book
Introduction: Disappearing Books and Dead Rats at the Trans-Pacific Partnership
1 Photographic Orphans and Frustrated Adoptions
2 Blurred Lines and Bummed Musicians
3 Kurt Vonnegut, The Lion King, and How Authors Get Their Groove Back
4 Revenge of the Porn Parody
5 YouTube: More Parody and Millions of Silent Bargains
6 Bach's Copyright or Copyfraud?
7 A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Click-Throughs: How the Absence of Copyright Adds Value
8 Four Stars and Rotten Tomatoes: When Piracy Hurts and When It Doesn't
9 Gray Markets and the Enterprising Mr. Kirtsaeng
10 Music in Movies
11 The Tale of the Church Choir Director, Eric Eldred, and RBG
Conclusion: Summing Up
Notes
Index
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