Big copyright versus the people : how major content providers are destroying creativity and how to stop them / Martin Skladany., Penn State Dickinson Law.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

©2018

K1420.5 .S59 2018

9781108401593 (paperback)
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ix, 278 pages ; 23 cm

(OCoLC)1029071805

"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. [The author] 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."-- Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Big copyright vs. the people

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