Copyrights And Copywrongs by Siva Vaidhyanathan
The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity
This book traces the historical expansion of intellectual property laws and critiques how commercial interests and political lobbying have reshaped copyright to favor rights-holders at the expense of creativity, public access, and democratic culture; it examines the tensions exposed by digital technologies and file-sharing, explains how strict enforcement and extended terms chill remixing, scholarship, and innovation, and argues for reforms—stronger protections for fair use, a robust public domain, and policy approaches that balance creators’ incentives with the public interest.
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- 2001
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- English
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