Copyright and Piracy
Copyright and Piracy
An Interdisciplinary Critique
Lionel Bently, University of Cambridge
Jennifer Davis, University of Cambridge
Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia University, New York
Jennifer Davis, University of Cambridge
Jane C. Ginsburg, Columbia University, New York
November 2010
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Copyright has been the subject of interdisciplinary inquiry, but generally from the perspective of ‘authorship'. This volume takes a different tack, examining the concept of infringement and its cousins, imitation and inspiration, from a variety of approaches. Rather than proposing a litany of discrete chapters each independently covering a different discipline, the Editors have planned each chapter to pair lawyers' and non lawyers' perspectives, so that each commentator addresses and critiques his or her counterpart's analysis.
- Interdisciplinary discussion of copyright and piracy examines the unauthorised exploitation of works of authorship from multiple perspectives
- Each chapter matches a lawyer with a contributor from another discipline, introducing readers to different disciplinary approaches, and exposing non-lawyers to legal analysis
- Extensive cross-disciplinary bibliography provides a basis for future research
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November 2010Hardback
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502 pages
229 × 152 × 27 mm
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction:
- 1. Inspiration or infringement: the plagiarist in court Isabella Alexander
- Part II. History:
- 2. Nineteenth-century Anglo-US copyright relations: the language of piracy versus the moral high ground Catherine Seville
- 3. Language, practice and history Adrian Johns
- Part III. Comparative Law:
- 4. The metamorphosis of contrefaçon in French copyright law David Lefranc (translated by Sebastien Oddos)
- 5. A common lawyer's perspective on contrefaçon Jane Ginsburg
- Part IV. Economics:
- 6. Copyright infringement, 'free-riding' and the lifeworld Anne Barron
- 7. Copyright and the limits of law-and-economics analysis Jonathan Aldred
- Part V. Linguistics:
- 8. 'Substantial similarity of expression' in copyright infringement actions: a linguistic perspective Alan Durant
- 9. Refining notions of idea and expression through linguistic analysis Graeme B. Dinwoodie
- Part VI. Computer Software:
- 10. Copyright, piracy and software Jon Crowcroft
- 11. Of plots, puddings and draught-excluders: the law as it applies to the infringement of computer programs Jennifer Davis
- Part VII. Information Studies:
- 12. Measuring text re-use in the news industry Paul Clough
- 13. Reflections on measuring text re-use from a copyright law perspective Tanya Aplin
- Part VIII. Literature:
- 14. Unoriginal genius: plagiarism and the construction of 'romantic' authorship Nick Groom
- 15. The genius and the labourer: authorship in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century copyright law Isabella Alexander
- Part IX. Art:
- 16. Piracy and authorship in contemporary art and the artistic commonwealth Daniel Mcclean
- 17. Copyright's imperfect republic and the artistic commonwealth Jonathan Griffiths
- Part X. Sociology and Music:
- 18. Reggae open source: how the absence of copyright enabled the emergence of popular music in Jamaica Jason Toynbee
- 19. 'Free-riding on the riddim'? - Open source copyright law and reggae music in Jamaica Johnson Okpaluba.
