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Moral panics and the copyright wars / William Patry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patry, William, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copyright--Philosophy.
- Copyright.
- Moral panics.
- Metaphor.
- Property.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- Summary:
- Metaphors, moral panics, folk devils, Jack Valenti, Joseph Schumpeter, John Maynard Keynes, predictable irrationality, and free market fundamentalism are a few of the topics covered in this lively, unflinching examination of the 'Copyright Wars': the pitched battles over new technology, business models, and most of all, consumers.
- Contents:
- HOW THE COPYRIGHT WARS ARE BEING FOUGHT AND WHY; THE ROLE OF METAPHORS IN UNDERSTANDING; METAPHORS AND THE LAW; THE MYTHICAL ORIGINS OF COPYRIGHT AND THREE FAVORITE COPYRIGHT METAPHORS; PROPERTY AS SOCIAL RELATIONS; WHY CLASSIFYING COPYRIGHT AS PROPERTY IS IMPORTANT IN THE COPYRIGHT WARS; COPYRIGHT ON STEROIDS: BEFORE BALCO; MORAL PANICS, FOLK DEVILS, AND FEAR AS A TACTICAL WEAPON; HOW INNOVATION OCCURS: CREATIVE DESTRUCTIVE AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-251) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771998-8
- 0-19-974394-0
- 0-19-974846-2
- OCLC:
- 953456903
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