Special issue [Elektronisk resurs] thinking and rethinking intellectual property / edited by Austin Sarat.

• Tales of the unintended in copyright law / Peter K. Yu -- Dialogues of authenticity / Laura A. Heymann -- Subject matter, scope and user rights in copyright law / Abraham Drassinower -- Property without bounds and the mythology of common law copyright / Liam Se<U+0301>amus O'Melinn -- The everyday lives of copyright / Debora Halbert.

• This special issue of Studies in law, politics, and society focuses on the issue of copyright. The papers contain critical analysis and investigation into existing copyright law and provide insight for policymakers and commentators. The papers contain a range of analyses on issues of copyright. Highlights of the volume include the an examination of three difference aspects of the 1976 Copyright Act, focusing on fair use, statutory damage and formalities; an interesting analysis of the distinction between authentic and "inauthentic" drawing on the examples of authenticated artwork and counterfeit luxury goods; and an everyday narrative of copyright by examining the laymen understanding of the term, based on comments sections of websites where users post their reactions to copyrightrelated stories. 

Ämnesord

Copyright.  (LCSH)

Intellectual property.  (LCSH)

Law  -- General. (bisacsh)

Klassifikation

K1420.6 (LCC)

LAW000000 (ämneskategori)

347.7 (UDK)

346.0482 (DDC)

Oeae (kssb/8 (machine generated))