Internationalisation of Copyright Law - Books, Buccaneers and the Black Flag in the Nineteenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Vice-Principal and Director of Studies in Law! Newnham College! and Herchel Smith College Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law! Faculty of Law! University of Cambridge. Klappentext A comprehensive account of the internationalisation of literary copyright, focusing on nineteenth century international copyright law. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive account of the internationalisation of literary copyright! focusing on nineteenth century international copyright law as it affected Europe! the British colonies (particularly Canada)! America! and the UK. Explores the history of international copyright law! and looks at how this history is relevant today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of cases; Table of statutes; Table of abbreviations and archive sources; 1. Introduction; 2. International copyright: four interconnected histories; 3. Towards the Berne Union; 4. Colonial challenges; 5. The independence of America; 6. Domestic problems; 7. The colours of cyberspace; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Seville, Catherine (University of Cambridge) Seville
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521868167
• ISBN: 978-0-521-86816-7
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Intellect
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law