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Author Richardson, Megan.

Title Fashioning intellectual property : exhibition, advertising, and the press, 1789-1918 / Megan Richardson, Julian Thomas
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description xii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Cambridge intellectual property and information law ; 14
Cambridge intellectual property and information law ; 14
Contents Machine generated contents note: Part I. The Journalism Age: 1. Grub Street biographers; 2. Author-journalists; 3. Agitators and dissenters; 4. End of the property right; Part II. The Exhibition-Effect: 5. Patent inadequacies; 6. Exhibition fever; 7. Lessons and compromises; 8. Rise of advertising; Part III. The Author-Brand Continuum: 9. Rethinking 'romantic' authorship; 10. The artist in an age of mechanical reproduction; 11. From fashion to brand; 12. Closing the categories; Epilogue; Appendices
Summary "Vigorous public debate about intellectual property has a long history. In this assessment of the shifting relationships between the law and the economic, social and cultural sources of creativity and innovation during the long-nineteenth century, Megan Richardson and Julian Thomas examine the 'fashioning' of the law by focusing on emblematic cases, key legislative changes and broader debates. Along the way, the authors highlight how, in 'the age of journalism', the press shaped, and was shaped by, the idea of intellectual property as a protective crucible for improvements in knowledge and progress in the arts and sciences. The engagement in our own time between intellectual property and the creative industries remains volatile and unsettled. As the authors conclude, the fresh opportunities for artistic diversity, expression and communication offered by new media could see the place of intellectual property in the scheme of law being reinvented once again"--
Analysis Australian
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (166-185) and index
Subject Copyright -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Author Thomas, Julian, 1963-
LC no. 2011038186
ISBN 0521767563
9780521767569