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This volume reproduces writings, social teachings, testimonies and reports of figures as diverse as Karl Marx, Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, and bodies such as the US Congress. Extracted material charts the development of an international system of copyright regulation, and the growth, in the 20th century, of copyright industries benefitting from new copyright laws. In the second half of the 19th century, many writers and thinkers, like Marx, attacked capital, and its corollary, property rights. Some writers, such as Victor Hugo, while exposing the horrors of poverty and social alienation, demanded for authors rights of property. The modern system of copyright substantially originates from the efforts of Hugo and others. Articles by leading US copyright scholars such as Jessica Litman and Tim Wu explain the development of copyright law in the 20th century, and are complemented by reproduction of key copyright cases in the US and UK, as well the primary copyright legislation in those countries. Contributors examine critically whether copyright law in the 20th century developed to encourage information dissemination or enable producers to control the supply of information for super profit.

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This volume discusses how proprietary notions increasingly dominated copyright legal principles, with consequences for information dissemination in modern times. It covers the period to 1850, and begins with extracts from Roman law and early Christian and medieval teaching on ownership. The volume traces philosophical arguments about copyright law, reproducing writings of John Milton and John Locke on freedom of expression, and copyright justifications supplied by the idealist philosophers Johann Fichte and Immanuel Kant. Readings explain how the developments that created the social and political systems of modern Britain and the United States also produced the beginnings of the modern system of copyright regulation. The volume highlights seminal works of leading US copyright scholars Lyman Ray Patterson, Benjamin Kaplan and Mark Rose, and includes correspondence of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on copyright policy.

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A heartwarming story to reassure children with first-day nerves about starting school! It’s Mouse’s first day of school. It’s Dinosaur’s first day of school. They don’t want to go! What if no-one likes them? School looks so scary. But when lessons start, there’s a very big surprise . . . With vibrant illustrations from award-winning illustrator Brian Fitzgerald, this comforting story with an unexpected twist is the perfect book to help children know what to expect on their first day of school. Fans of The Colour Monster Goes to School and Dash Dinosaur is Starting School will love I Don’t Want to Go to School.

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Albie arrived wearing NOTHING but fur, he could have been either a Him or Her... Most teddy bears let their owner decide, but Albie would not, for a bear has its pride. But each outfit that Albie purchases - from fairy to pirate, from cowboy to elegant city gent - proves unsuitable in some way, and by the end of the week his bedroom is heaped with discarded clothes. How will he dress in order to feel like himself? A hilarious story in verse that's great to read aloud, about dressing up and one bear's search for his own identity.

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Albie arrived wearing NOTHING but fur, he could have been either a Him or Her... Most teddy bears let their owner decide, but Albie would not, for a bear has its pride. But each outfit that Albie purchases - from fairy to pirate, from cowboy to elegant city gent - proves unsuitable in some way, and by the end of the week his bedroom is heaped with discarded clothes. How will he dress in order to feel like himself? A hilarious story in verse that's great to read aloud, about dressing up and one bear's search for his own identity.

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For those of you who suffer road rage, lost luggage, gridlock, clamped cars, parking fines, agoraphobia, vertigo, frustration at being kept waiting at ports, airports, taxi ranks, Tube stations, bus stops, and so on, here is a chance to both relieve your agony and tickle your funny-bone. In these pages, in easily readable bite-sized chunks, our anthologist has collected a hilarious compendium of witticisms for the hardened traveller to savour, from thought-provoking apercus to laugh-out-loud observations on the muted joys of getting from A to B - or NOT getting there, as the case may be. Illustrated with funny cartoons, this handy pocket-sized book by successful collector of witticisms Aubrey Malone is a must-have for any transport enthusiast or seasoned traveller. Fasten your seatbelts for a bumpy ride!

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