Brand Name Bullies The Quest to Own and Control Culture

Name: Brand Name Bullies The Quest to Own and Control Culture
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ISBN: 9780471679271

ISBN-10: 0471679275

ISBN-13: 9780471679271

Edition: 2005

Authors: David Bollier

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An impassioned, darkly amusing look at how corporations misuse copyright law to stifle creativity and free speech If you want to make fun of Mickey or Barbie on your Web site, you may be hearing from some corporate lawyers. You should also think twice about calling something "fair and balanced" or publicly using Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. It may be illegal. Or it may be entirely legal, but the distinction doesn't matter if you can't afford a lawyer. More and more, corporations are grabbing and asserting rights over every idea and creation in our world, regardless of the law's intent or the public interest. But beyond the humorous absurdity of all this, there lies a…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 1/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.48" wide x 9.34" long x 1.08" tall
Weight: 1.298




The crusade to lock up music



Creativity and captive images



Appropriating the people's culture



Trademark owners whine, "no making fun of me!"



The corporate privatization of words



Property rights in public image



The theft of the public domain



Stifling public dialogue through copyright



The DMCA's attacks on free speech



The quest for perfect control



Intellectual property : goes over the top



Just kidding or dead serious?


Conclusion : reclaiming the cultural commons