Authors and Owners - The Invention of Copyright

The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britain--and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property. "Authors and Owners" is at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history.

List of contents

1. The Question of Literary Property 2. The Regime of Regulation 3. Making Copyright 4. The Author in Court 5. Baffle of the Booksellers 6. Literary Property Determined 7. Property/Originality/Personality 8. Strange Changes Appendix A. Documents Related to Pope V. Curll Appendix B. Justice Nares' Vote in Donaldson v. Becket Works Cited Index

About the author

Mark Rose is Research Professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Summary

The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces its formation in eighteenth-century Britain—and in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Rose, Rose Mark
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.1995
• EAN: 9780674053090
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05309-0
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; England, Wales, Scotland, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright, Copyright Law, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues, Wales / Cymru