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Book SynopsisIn Copyright's Highway, one of the nation's leading authorities on intellectual property law offers an engaging, readable, and intelligent analysis of the effect of copyright on American politics, economy, and culture. From eighteenth-century copyright law, to the "celestial jukebox," to the future of copyright issues in the digital age, Paul Goldstein presents a thorough examination of the challenges facing copyright owners and users.
In this fully updated second edition, the author expands the discussion to cover the latest developments and shifts in copyright law for a new audience of scholars and students. This expanded edition introduces readers to present and future debates regarding copyright law and policy, including a new chapter on the technological shift in emphasis from producer to consumer and the legal shift from exclusive rights to exceptions and limitations to those rights. From Gutenberg to Google Books, Copyright's Highway, Second Edition, offers a concise, essential resource for the internet generation.
Trade Review"Paul Goldstein can make the complex issues of copyright law accessible and captivating without sacrificing the nuances of law, politics, and custom that underlie them. With this second edition of
Copyright's Highway, Goldstein adds timely narratives, such as the Google Book Project, to illustrate the evolving nature of copyright law and its importance to our everyday lives." -- Marshall Leaffer * Indiana University Maurer School of Law *
"A much-awaited new edition of Paul Goldstein's landmark synthesis of the history and policies of US copyright law. Goldstein's comprehensive and deep understanding of the legal, economic, and technological interests at stake thoroughly illuminates this sensitive and accessible study. A new concluding chapter meticulously and critically examines the challenges of 'competing with free' and the landscape-altering consequences of copyright's encounter with internet platforms." -- Jane C. Ginsburg * Columbia University *
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Copyright's Highway now an updated and expanded second edition, is one of the most brilliant, lucid, and readable explanations of what is increasingly America's national treasure: our intellectual property. Highly recommended." -- Scott Turow * The Authors Guild *
"Paul Goldstein's eloquent call for a more human-centered discipline of copyright blends perception and prescription to great effect, indicating to the reader how far copyright has yet to go to help creativity flourish—and how it might cover the distance." -- Jonathan Zittrain * Harvard University *
"If you care about the future of innovation, creativity, technology, free speech and privacy and are going to read one book on copyright, give the second version of
Copyright's Highway a shot. It captures the human drama of battles past, gives a sense of our present, and provides a glimpse into the future."––Raymond J. Dowd,
New York Law Journal
