Copyrighting Culture - Political Economy of Intellectual Property

Offering a wide-ranging analysis of copyright law in the United States, this work sets out to demonstrate the power of a wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property.

List of contents

Introduction to the Political Economy of Intellectual Property; Critical Perspectives on the History and Philosophy of Copyright; Who Owns the Message?: The Ownership and Control of Culture and Information; The (Political) Economics of Intellectual Property; Capitalism, the State, and Intellectual Property: A Case Study of Compulsory Licenses for Cable Retransmissions; The Law of Intellectual Property: The Videocassette Recorder and the Control of Copyrights; Recolonizing Communications and Culture: The Expanding Realm of International Intellectual Property Law; Intellectual Property and the Politics of Resistance.

About the author

Ronald V. Bettig is assistant professor of communication at Pennsylvania State University.

Summary

Offering a wide-ranging analysis of copyright law in the United States, this work sets out to demonstrate the power of a wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Bettig, Ronald V Bettig, Ronald V. Bettig
• Assisted by: Herbert I. Schiller (Editor)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.1996
• EAN: 9780813333045
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3304-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Critical Studies in Communicat
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Geistiges Eigentum