The Rhetoric of Intellectual Property

The Rhetoric of Intellectual Property
Author: Jessica Reyman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2009-12-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1135160554

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In recent years we have witnessed a rising tension between the open architecture of the Internet and legal restrictions for online activities. The impact of digital recording technologies and distributed file sharing systems has forever changed the expectations of everyday users with regard to digital information. At the same time, however, U.S. Copyright Law has shown a decided trend toward more restrictions over what we are able to do with digital materials. As a result, a gap has emerged between the reality of copyright law and the social reality of our everyday activities. Through an analysis of the competing rhetorical frameworks about copyright regulation in a digital age, this book shows how the stories told by active parties in the debate shape our cultural understanding of what is and is not acceptable in the use of copyrighted works on digital networks. Reyman posits recent legal developments as sites of conflict between competing value systems in our culture: one of control, relying heavily on comparisons of intellectual property to physical property, and emphasizing ownership, theft, and piracy, and the other a value of community, implementing new concepts such as that of an intellectual "commons," and emphasizing exchange, collaboration, and responsibility to a public good.

Symposium

Symposium
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2008
Genre: Intellectual property
ISBN:

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Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World

Perspectives on Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in a Postmodern World
Author: Lise Buranen
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1999-04-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780791440803

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Contributors offer many definitions and facets of plagiarism and intellectual property, demonstrating that if defining a supposedly "simple" concept is difficult, then applying multiple definitions is even harder, creating practical problems in many realms.

The Effects of Intellectual Property Law in Writing Studies

The Effects of Intellectual Property Law in Writing Studies
Author: Karen J. Lunsford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1351015176

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This book documents the intellectual property experiences of writing studies scholars and challenges naturalized ways of responding to intellectual property concerns. Analyzing results of a nationwide survey and semi-structured interviews to examine ways decisions about intellectual property (IP) during academic knowledge-making are mediated by histories of enculturation, ethical lenses, and IP sponsors, the book: Identifies and illustrates a range of ethical stances that academics might adopt in regard to IP and the range of human, institutional, and technological sponsors that can mediate IP decisions; Provides evidence that IP affects all of the processes of academic knowledge-making, not just the final product; Offers heuristic questions that academics can and should ask throughout their teaching, research, and editing to make proactive IP decisions. The book is an essential read for academics working in writing studies and the humanities as well as those interested in IP. This text could also be used in graduate student training in writing studies and related disciplines.

To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense

To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense
Author: William P. Alford
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1995
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0804729603

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This sweeping study examines the law of intellectual property in Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present. It uses materials drawn from law, the arts and other fields as well as extensive interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of "piracy."

From Paper to Digitized Expression

From Paper to Digitized Expression
Author: TyAnna K. Herrington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1997
Genre: Computer networks
ISBN:

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No Law

No Law
Author: David L. Lange
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2008-10-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0804763275

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The original text of the Constitution grants Congress the power to create a regime of intellectual property protection. The first amendment, however, prohibits Congress from enacting any law that abridges the freedoms of speech and of the press. While many have long noted the tension between these provisions, recent legal and cultural developments have transformed mere tension into conflict. No Law offers a new way to approach these debates. In eloquent and passionate style, Lange and Powell argue that the First Amendment imposes absolute limits upon claims of exclusivity in intellectual property and expression, and strips Congress of the power to restrict personal thought and free expression in the name of intellectual property rights. Though the First Amendment does not repeal the Constitutional intellectual property clause in its entirety, copyright, patent, and trademark law cannot constitutionally license the private commodification of the public domain. The authors claim that while the exclusive rights currently reflected in intellectual property are not in truth needed to encourage intellectual productivity, they develop a compelling solution for how Congress, even within the limits imposed by an absolute First Amendment, can still regulate incentives for intellectual creations. Those interested in the impact copyright doctrines have on freedom of expression in the U.S. and the theoretical and practical aspects of intellectual property law will want to take a closer look at this bracing, resonant work.

Intellectual Property Law and Policy Volume 10

Intellectual Property Law and Policy Volume 10
Author: Hugh Hansen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 1120
Release: 2008-03-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1847314155

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Hart Publishing is pleased to announce that it has recently become publisher of this prestigious and much valued work. The 15th Annual volume in the series collects the presentations and discussion from the Annual Fordham IP Conference. The contributions, by leading world experts, analyze the most pressing issues in copyright, trademark and patent law as seen from the perspectives of the USA, the EU, Asia and WIPO. This volume, in common with its predecessors, seeks to make a lasting contribution to discourse in IP law; few of the chapters are merely descriptive, and most raise questions of policy or discuss new developments. Praise for the Fordham International Intellectual Property Conference: "This must be one of the most enjoyable and thought-provoking conferences in the IP field. The high quality of the speakers is matched by the intense, audience-led debates and challenges which follow." Hugh Laddie, (formerly Mr. Justice Laddie) University College, London and consultant to Rouse & Co, Willoughby & Partners. "Faculty for this conference are always well-known 'names' well respected leaders in their fields, speaking with a combination of candor and timeliness that is unrivaled by any other forum of its kind." The Honorable Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, United States Copyright Office.