Brand Name Bullies - The Quest to Own and Control Culture

Informationen zum Autor DAVID BOLLIER has worked for twenty years as a journalist! activist! and public policy analyst. He is cofounder of Public Knowledge! a public interest advocacy organization dedicated to defending the information commons! as well as Senior Fellow at the Norman Lear Center! USC Annenberg School for Communication. His previous book was Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: Art and Culture: Use Only as Directed.1. The Crusade to Lock Up Music.2. Creativity and Captive Images.3. Appropriating the People's Culture.PART TWO: Trademarking Public Life.4. Trademark Owners Whine! "No Making Fun of Me!".5. The Corporate Privatization of Words.6. Property Rights in Public Image.PART THREE: The Copyright Wars against an Open Society.7. The Theft of the Public Domain.8. Stifling Public Dialogue through Copyright.9. The DMCA's Attacks on Free Speech.PART FOUR: Absurd New Frontiers of Control.10. The Quest for Perfect Control.11. Intellectual Property Goes Over the Top.12. Just Kidding or Dead Serious?Conclusion: Reclaiming the Cultural Commons.Notes.Bibliography.Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Bollier
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.02.2005
• EAN: 9780471679271
• ISBN: 978-0-471-67927-1
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche