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21) Free culture: how big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Portfolio
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Written for business managers and non-lawyers, this explains the basics of a smart and essential IP strategy. Given that no intellectual "product" is entirely original and that every business borrows, sometimes extensively, from its competitors and others, then how is the line drawn between unfair and fair use? Using relevant case studies, the author shows how to navigate the issues surrounding trade secrets, patents and copyright. Essential reading...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Ten years ago, publishers, authors, scholars, and the reading public watched anxiously the results of two lawsuits involving the family of John Cheever, famed short story writer, and Academy Chicago Publishers, a small publishing house. At stake was not only a collection of Cheever's lesser-known short stories, valued for their literary merit and historical value, but also the definition of intellectual property. In a dramatic re-telling, Anita Miller...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive guide for "mompreneurs"--updated with brand-new digital marketing strategiesWritten specifically for mothers seeking to turn their ideas into marketable products, this new edition of The Mom Inventor's Handbook takes you step-by-step through the process, covering the latest, most innovative ways to create, market, distribute, and sell products. A great deal has changed in business since the original publication in 2005; this edition...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive, authoritative and accessible book enables creators to understand their legal rights and safeguard their work from a wide variety of risks in both cyberspace and traditional media. It explains major developments in the applicable law and in the publishing, communications, art and entertainment businesses so you'll be able to confidently secure your work, negotiate contracts and avoid lawsuits.
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"Documents the efforts of indigenous peoples to redefine heritage as a protected resource. Michael Brown takes readers into settings where native peoples defend what they consider to be their cultural property ... By focusing on the complexity of actual cases, Brown casts light on indigenous grievances in diverse fields ... He finds both genuine injustice and, among advocates for native peoples, a troubling tendency to mimic the privatizing logic...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
No writer, beginning or experienced, will want to be without this book.
A career as a writer involves much more than the act of writing itself. In The Law (in Plain English) for Writers, Fifth Edition, Leonard DuBoff and Sarah Tugman proffer invaluable advice for the myriad legal and business facets of being a writer. Readers will discover how to succeed in every area affecting a writer's livelihood, such as submissions, dealing with agents, taxes,...
Author
Publisher
Lulu Publishing Services
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In 1975 there were a thousand physicists doing research in the areas of optics and semiconductor devices. Several inventions that formed the hardware platform for computers, mobile devices, the internet and broadband communication were created. Today, these sectors are giants. The wealth of Bill Gates is about half the market cap of IBM. How did this happen? " --
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