Copyright versus the World: How to Stop Big Content from Destroying Creativity

Name: Copyright versus the World: How to Stop Big Content from Destroying Creativity
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781108401593
Price: 365.69 HKD
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Author: Martin Skladany
ISBN: 9781108401593

By Martin Skladany

Cambridge University Press May 2018

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ISBN-13: 9781108401593
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: May 2018
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

When the idea of copyright was enshrined in the Constitution it was intended to induce citizens to create. Today, however, copyright has morphed into a system that offers the bulk of its protection to a select number of major corporate content providers (or Big Copyright), which has turned us from a country of creators into one of consumers who spend, on average, ten hours each day on entertainment.

In this alarming but illuminating book, Martin Skladany examines our culture of overconsumption and shows not only how it leads to addiction, but also how it is unraveling important threads-of family, friendship, and community-in our society. Big Copyright Versus the People should be read by anyone interested in understanding how Big Copyright managed to get such a lethal grip on our culture and what can be done to loosen it.

Introduction

Part I. Theory

1. Capture

2. The Overconsumption Problem

3. The Value Of Creativity

Part II. Practical Proposals For Change

4. Pressuring Big Copyright

5. Ignoring Big Copyright

6. Cooperating With Big Copyright

Conclusion

Epilogue.

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