Fashioning intellectual property : exhibition, advertising and the press, 1789-1918

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Fashioning intellectual property : exhibition, advertising and the press, 1789-1918

Megan Richardson, Julian Thomas

(Cambridge intellectual property and information law, 14)

Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-185) and index

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Vigorous public debate about intellectual property has a long history. In this assessment of the shifting relationships between the law and the economic, social and cultural sources of creativity and innovation during the long-nineteenth century, Megan Richardson and Julian Thomas examine the 'fashioning' of the law by focusing on emblematic cases, key legislative changes and broader debates. Along the way, the authors highlight how, in 'the age of journalism', the press shaped, and was shaped by, the idea of intellectual property as a protective crucible for improvements in knowledge and progress in the arts and sciences. The engagement in our own time between intellectual property and the creative industries remains volatile and unsettled. As the authors conclude, the fresh opportunities for artistic diversity, expression and communication offered by new media could see the place of intellectual property in the scheme of law being reinvented once again.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. The Journalism Age: 1. Grub Street biographers
  • 2. Author-journalists
  • 3. Agitators and dissenters
  • 4. End of the property right
  • Part II. The Exhibition-Effect: 5. Patent inadequacies
  • 6. Exhibition fever
  • 7. Lessons and compromises
  • 8. Rise of advertising
  • Part III. The Author-Brand Continuum: 9. Rethinking 'romantic' authorship
  • 10. The artist in an age of mechanical reproduction
  • 11. From fashion to brand
  • 12. Closing the categories
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices.

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