Authors and Apparatus: A Media History of Copyright

by Monika Dommann

Copyright is under siege. From file sharing to vast library scanning projects, new technologies, actors, and attitudes toward intellectual property threaten the value of creative work. However, while digital media and the Internet have made making and sharing perfect copies of original works almost effortless, debates about protecting authors' rights are nothing new. In this sweeping account of the evolution of copyright law since the mid-nineteenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501709925
• ISBN13: 9781501709920
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher