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Abraham Drassinower presents a new way to balance the needs of creators and users of authored works. Disentangling copyright theory from its focus on the economic value of a work as a commodity, he views a work instead as a communicative act. Infringement, according to this perspective, is an unauthorized appropriation of another's speech.

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This book is the first in two decades to take a really fresh and illuminating methodological look at an intellectual-property topic. -- Wendy J. Gordon, Boston University School of Law
The most original and provocative philosophical treatment of copyright law in decades, if not centuries. -- Barton Beebe, New York University School of Law

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 09/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9780674743977, 978-0674743977
      ISBN10: 0674743970

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Abraham Drassinower presents a new way to balance the needs of creators and users of authored works. Disentangling copyright theory from its focus on the economic value of a work as a commodity, he views a work instead as a communicative act. Infringement, according to this perspective, is an unauthorized appropriation of another's speech.

      Trade Review
      This book is the first in two decades to take a really fresh and illuminating methodological look at an intellectual-property topic. -- Wendy J. Gordon, Boston University School of Law
      The most original and provocative philosophical treatment of copyright law in decades, if not centuries. -- Barton Beebe, New York University School of Law

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