Edward Samuel's Illustrated History of Copyright

January 31, 2008 10:49 AM

Edward Samuel's Illustrated History of Copyright A fascinating illustrated historical tour, looking at how different technologies have shaped how we think about copyright and intellectual property.
posted by carter (4 comments total)

ha! a book about copyright, now online for free
posted by milestogo at 10:51 AM on January 31

Damn. I was writing an article about the history of copyright a couple of weeks ago, and had I known about this book, I could have stolen some ideas from it read it in the course of my research.
posted by WPW at 11:06 AM on January 31

Fantastic! Thanks!
posted by the dief at 12:14 PM on January 31

A book about copyright that doesn't mention the Hogarth Act?
posted by Wolof at 11:11 PM on January 31