Copy This Book! : What Data Tells Us about Copyright and the Public Good / Paul J. Heald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heald, Paul J., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright--United States.

Copyright.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

ISBN:

9781503614314

150361431X

OCLC:

1224279137