Copyrights and copywrongs: the rise of intellectual property and how it threatens creativity

Siva Vaidhyanathan9780814788066, 0814788068

It has taken lawyers 200-plus years to morph copyright law from the balanced compromise that our framers struck to the extraordinary system of control that it has become. In this beautifully written book, a nonlawyer has uncovered much of the damage done. Copyrights and Copywrongs is a rich and compelling account of the bending of American copyright law, and a promise of the balance that we could once again make the law become.