Items related to A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property
Synopsis
From genetically modified foods to digital piracy, the concept of intellectual property (IP) and the laws upholding it play a central economic role in our society today, but its political and ideological dimensions have rarely been understood outside of specialist circles. This collection cuts through the legal jargon that so often surrounds IP in order to provide a comprehensive history and close analysis that explore the corporate interests that have shaped how IP is conceived and managed.
Up-to-date and comprehensive, this book examines the wider implications of the concept of IP and questions how IP law has been used to safeguard and assert the ownership of ideas and creativity. Today, with mounting challenges from the growth of free software and open source movements, this collection provides an accessible and alternative guide to IP, exploring its significance within the wider struggle between capital and the commons.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Mat Callahan is a musician, author, and member of the radical artists’ collective Komotion International. His previous books include Sex, Death and the Angry Young Man and The Trouble With Music. Jim Rogers is a lecturer in the School of Communications at Dublin City University. He is the author of The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age.
Review
“The idea of intellectual property is, quite literally, an attempt to monopolize ideas. In this exciting volume, the ideological basis of IP is critiqued, and the options for resistance examined.”
(John Quiggin, University of Queensland)“Unwraps intellectual property’s supposed enigma in an accessible fashion. Power, profits, piracy: all are explored here with real arguments and facts. Provocative.”
(Alan Story, University of Kent)“Combining analytical and narrative approaches, this book is an excellent way to get to grips with the current political economy of intellectual property.” (Christopher May, Lancaster University)
“Callahan and Rogers have put together a critical guide that tells the truth about intellectual property. Everybody should read it.” (Peter Drahos, Australian National University)
“A Critical Guide . . . is as much a handbook that suggests radical thought and action as it is an intellectuals’ guide to intellectual property.” (Socialism and Democracy)
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherZed Books
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1786991144
- ISBN 13 9781786991140
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages292
- EditorCallahan Mat, Rogers Jim
Search results for A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property
Stock Image
A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # M1786991144Z2
Quantity: 3 available