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Authors and owners : the invention of copyright / Mark Rose.
LIBRA KD1300 .R67 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Mark, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copyright--Great Britain--History.
- Copyright.
- Copyright--United States--History.
- History.
- United States.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- x, 176 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britain--and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property. " Authors and Owners" is at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674053087
- OCLC:
- 27107253
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