The Nature of Copyright

by L. Ray Patterson and Stanley W. Lindberg

Book Overview

This forthright and provocative book offers a new perspective on copyright law and the legal rights of individuals to use copyrighted materials. Most Americans believe that the primary purpose of copyright is to protect authors against the theft of their property. They are wrong, say L. Ray Patterson and Stanley W. Lindberg. Guaranteeing certain rights to authors (and to the entrepreneurs who publish and market their creations) is only an incidental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820313629
• ISBN13: 9780820313627
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Completely Changed How I Teach Copyright

This is the one book of the half dozen I've purchased to talk about the purpose of copyright. None of the art classes I took that taught copyright have ever approached copyright from this perspective and it puts unnecessary limits on aspiring artists to not address this one issue. It also discusses the challenges with determining whether or not your work infringes on someone's copyright and the reasons the courts are inconsistent with their rulings. It's a great book that works to protect the rights of artists who need access to inspiration.