The advancement of innovative education, librarianship, and scholarship has become increasingly entangled with copyright law. Research and education seem to be routinely reinvented with the creation of new software and technological devices. Private agreements are becoming a dom…
The advancement of innovative education, librarianship, and scholarship has become increasingly entangled with copyright law. Research and education seem to be routinely reinvented with the creation of new software and technological devices. Private agreements are becoming a dom…
"This book draws on a wide selection of interdisciplinary literature discussing complex adaptive systems--including scholarship from economics, political science, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and religion--to apply general complexity tenets to the institutions, conce…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "This timely and thought-provoking book explores how the protection of copyright in the digital age requires a reconsideration of how this is balanced with other fundamental rights and freedoms. Analysing the impact of the rise of digital technologies…
According to the Oral History Association, the term oral history refers to ""a method of recording and preserving oral testimony"" which results in a verbal document that is ""made available in different forms to other users, researchers, and the public."" Ordinarily such an aca…
La 4e de couverture indique : "A guide to oral history and the law is the definitive resource for all practitioners of oral history. In clear, accessible language, it thoroughly explains the major legal issues that oral historians face, including legal release agreements, copyri…
"Every child has the right to read. Books make this right a reality. One billion kids lack access to books in their native languages. Forty percent of America's children cannot afford to buy books. This is a crisis for education, because the best predictor of a child's success i…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "In Copyright's Highway, one of the nation's leading authorities on intellectual property law offers an engaging, readable, and intelligent analysis of the effect of copyright on American politics, economy, and culture. From eighteenth-century copyrig…
"[This book provides an] analysis of the effect of copyright on American politics, economy, and culture. From eighteenth-century copyright law, to the 'celestial jukebox, ' to the future of copyright issues in the digital age, [the author] presents a thorough examination of the …
Intellectual property law in the United States does not work well and it needs to be reformed--but not for the reasons given by most critics. The issue is not that intellectual property rights are too easily obtained, too broad in scope, and too long in duration. Rather, the pri…
"Intellectual property law in the United States does not work well and it needs to be reformed--but not for the reasons given by most critics. The issue is not that intellectual property rights are too easily obtained, too broad in scope, and too long in duration. Rather, the pr…