The story of copyright is the history of the entertainment industry, encompassing books, music, movies, television, and even computers and the Internet, just to scratch the surface. Since its inception in America under "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning," copyright law...
This text is designed to inform an audience of the purpose of copyright and how it has changed. Samuels explores what copyright protects, how to determine what is original, the rights of copyright holders and how they can be enforced.