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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    30 May 2018
    07 June 2018
    ISBN:
    9781108234177
    9781108415552
    9781108401593
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108234177
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.6kg, 286 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (228 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.46kg, 286 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Intellectual Property, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations
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    Subjects:
    Intellectual Property, Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Law, Politics and International Relations
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    When the idea of copyright was enshrined in the Constitution it was intended to induce citizens to create. Today, however, copyright has morphed into a system that offers the bulk of its protection to a select number of major corporate content providers (or Big Copyright), which has turned us from a country of creators into one of consumers who spend, on average, ten hours each day on entertainment. In this alarming but illuminating book, Martin Skladany examines our culture of overconsumption and shows not only how it leads to addiction, but also how it is unraveling important threads - of family, friendship, and community - in our society. Big Copyright versus the People should be read by anyone interested in understanding how Big Copyright managed to get such a lethal grip on our culture and what can be done to loosen it.

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    'Proceeding from a highly provocative attack on corporate media and its effect on our creative lives, Big Copyright versus the People offers a multitude of wonderfully inventive proposals for reform.'

    Barton Beebe - New York University School of Law

    'A delightful catalog of clever ways to keep Big Copyright in check and open up more space for creativity in people's daily lives.'

    James Grimmelmann - Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School

    'Big Copyright versus the People is not just a critique of an out-of-control system that privileges private over public interests - though it certainly is that. It’s also an essential treasury of ideas about how to fix that system: some down-to-earth and some absolutely mind-expanding. No one who cares about the future of ideas should miss this erudite, accessible, and stylish volume.'

    Peter Jaszi - American University Washington College of Law

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