Neil Weinstock Netanel
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195137620
- eISBN:
- 9780199871629
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195137620.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
The United States Supreme Court has famously labeled copyright “the engine of free expression.” Copyright, indeed, both spurs creative production and underwrites a community of authors and publishers ...
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The United States Supreme Court has famously labeled copyright “the engine of free expression.” Copyright, indeed, both spurs creative production and underwrites a community of authors and publishers who are not beholden to government officials for financial support. But copyright has strayed from its traditional, speech‐enhancing core, so much so that copyright now imposes an unacceptable burden on the values that underlie First Amendment guarantees of free speech. Copyright has come increasingly to resemble and be thought of as a full‐fledged property right rather than a limited federal grant designed to further a particular public purpose. The copyright‐free speech conflict cuts across traditional and digital media alike. Yet digital technology adds a vast new dimension, pitting entertainment media bent on stamping out massive “digital piracy” against individuals who increasingly perceive copyright as an undue and unworthy impingement on their liberty and expressive autonomy.Less
The United States Supreme Court has famously labeled copyright “the engine of free expression.” Copyright, indeed, both spurs creative production and underwrites a community of authors and publishers who are not beholden to government officials for financial support. But copyright has strayed from its traditional, speech‐enhancing core, so much so that copyright now imposes an unacceptable burden on the values that underlie First Amendment guarantees of free speech. Copyright has come increasingly to resemble and be thought of as a full‐fledged property right rather than a limited federal grant designed to further a particular public purpose. The copyright‐free speech conflict cuts across traditional and digital media alike. Yet digital technology adds a vast new dimension, pitting entertainment media bent on stamping out massive “digital piracy” against individuals who increasingly perceive copyright as an undue and unworthy impingement on their liberty and expressive autonomy.
Chris Berry, Nicola Liscutin, and Jonathan D. Mackintosh
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099746
- eISBN:
- 9789882206793
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099746.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
These essays highlight regional cross-fertilization in music, film, new media, and popular culture in Northeast Asia. They include analysis of gender and labor issues amid differing regulatory ...
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These essays highlight regional cross-fertilization in music, film, new media, and popular culture in Northeast Asia. They include analysis of gender and labor issues amid differing regulatory frameworks and public policy concerning cultural production and piracy.Less
These essays highlight regional cross-fertilization in music, film, new media, and popular culture in Northeast Asia. They include analysis of gender and labor issues amid differing regulatory frameworks and public policy concerning cultural production and piracy.
James W. Cortada
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195165876
- eISBN:
- 9780199789689
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195165876.003.0011
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Business History
This chapter describes the use of information technology in two entertainment industries that have become extensive users of many digital technologies: movies and recorded music. It describes the ...
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This chapter describes the use of information technology in two entertainment industries that have become extensive users of many digital technologies: movies and recorded music. It describes the profound effects information technologies are having on the products, services, organization, piracy issues, and work of these two industries. These are now seen as two key components of the New Economy.Less
This chapter describes the use of information technology in two entertainment industries that have become extensive users of many digital technologies: movies and recorded music. It describes the profound effects information technologies are having on the products, services, organization, piracy issues, and work of these two industries. These are now seen as two key components of the New Economy.
Natasha Tusikov
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520291218
- eISBN:
- 9780520965034
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520291218.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
On January 18, 2012, millions of people participated in the now-infamous “Internet blackout” to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and the rights it would have given intellectual property holders to ...
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On January 18, 2012, millions of people participated in the now-infamous “Internet blackout” to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and the rights it would have given intellectual property holders to shape how people use the Internet. SOPA’s withdrawal was heralded as a victory for an open Internet. However, as Natasha Tusikov documents in Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet, rather than accept defeat, a small group of corporations, tacitly backed by the U.S. and other governments, have implemented much of SOPA via a series of secret, handshake agreements among powerful corporations, including Google, PayPal, and Microsoft. This book is the first to explore these agreements. Drawing on extensive interviews with corporate and government officials, Tusikov details the emergence of a new realm of global governance, in which large Internet firms act as global regulators for powerful intellectual property owners like Nike, and raises questions about the threat these new global regimes pose to democratic accountability itself. The book argues that these global regulators are significantly altering the ways in which governments and corporations regulate content and information on the Internet.Less
On January 18, 2012, millions of people participated in the now-infamous “Internet blackout” to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and the rights it would have given intellectual property holders to shape how people use the Internet. SOPA’s withdrawal was heralded as a victory for an open Internet. However, as Natasha Tusikov documents in Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet, rather than accept defeat, a small group of corporations, tacitly backed by the U.S. and other governments, have implemented much of SOPA via a series of secret, handshake agreements among powerful corporations, including Google, PayPal, and Microsoft. This book is the first to explore these agreements. Drawing on extensive interviews with corporate and government officials, Tusikov details the emergence of a new realm of global governance, in which large Internet firms act as global regulators for powerful intellectual property owners like Nike, and raises questions about the threat these new global regimes pose to democratic accountability itself. The book argues that these global regulators are significantly altering the ways in which governments and corporations regulate content and information on the Internet.
Efthymios Papastavridis
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199578986
- eISBN:
- 9780191595202
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199578986.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration, Public International Law
This chapter analyses the problem of piracy in Africa. It first considers the possible legal justifications for the current counter-piracy operations and then scrutinizes the relevant measures taken ...
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This chapter analyses the problem of piracy in Africa. It first considers the possible legal justifications for the current counter-piracy operations and then scrutinizes the relevant measures taken a posteriori, such as the detainment and arrest of the pirates as well as their transfer to Kenya. The present situation gives rise to a host of international legal questions, including the problem of human security. It is a truism that pirates are treated as hostes humani generis and this has inescapable ramifications with regard to the protection of their human rights. The chapter argues that the international community and the states involved in the relevant counter-piracy operations — far from aiming at eliminating the veritable sources of this activity, such as the political situation in Somalia, the extreme poverty, the depletion of fishing resources, and waste dumping in the latter's shores — are engaged in short-term and ambivalent measures which only temporarily alleviate the problem.Less
This chapter analyses the problem of piracy in Africa. It first considers the possible legal justifications for the current counter-piracy operations and then scrutinizes the relevant measures taken a posteriori, such as the detainment and arrest of the pirates as well as their transfer to Kenya. The present situation gives rise to a host of international legal questions, including the problem of human security. It is a truism that pirates are treated as hostes humani generis and this has inescapable ramifications with regard to the protection of their human rights. The chapter argues that the international community and the states involved in the relevant counter-piracy operations — far from aiming at eliminating the veritable sources of this activity, such as the political situation in Somalia, the extreme poverty, the depletion of fishing resources, and waste dumping in the latter's shores — are engaged in short-term and ambivalent measures which only temporarily alleviate the problem.
Philip Waller
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199541201
- eISBN:
- 9780191717284
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199541201.003.0017
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Copyright insecurities beset writers not only in regard to the U.S.A. but also in respect of unauthorised adaptations of their work for the stage in Britain, until these questions were addressed by ...
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Copyright insecurities beset writers not only in regard to the U.S.A. but also in respect of unauthorised adaptations of their work for the stage in Britain, until these questions were addressed by legislation during this period. This chapter considers how writers dealt with literary piracy before legal protection was obtained, and the controversial rise of literary agents — pioneered by A. P. Watt and J. B. Pinker — in part as a result of copyright problems but otherwise a consequence of writers' perceived exploitation by publishers. Writers' experiences detailed here include Arnold Bennett, Walter Besant, John Buchan, Hall Caine, Joseph Conrad, Dickens, George Gissing, Edmund Gosse, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, ‘Ouida’, Robert Louis Stevenson, Trollope, Mrs Humphry Ward, W. B. Yeats.Less
Copyright insecurities beset writers not only in regard to the U.S.A. but also in respect of unauthorised adaptations of their work for the stage in Britain, until these questions were addressed by legislation during this period. This chapter considers how writers dealt with literary piracy before legal protection was obtained, and the controversial rise of literary agents — pioneered by A. P. Watt and J. B. Pinker — in part as a result of copyright problems but otherwise a consequence of writers' perceived exploitation by publishers. Writers' experiences detailed here include Arnold Bennett, Walter Besant, John Buchan, Hall Caine, Joseph Conrad, Dickens, George Gissing, Edmund Gosse, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, ‘Ouida’, Robert Louis Stevenson, Trollope, Mrs Humphry Ward, W. B. Yeats.
Fei-Hsien Wang
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780691171821
- eISBN:
- 9780691195414
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691171821.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This book reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. It draws on a vast range of previously ...
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This book reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. It draws on a vast range of previously underutilized archival sources to show how copyright was received, appropriated, and practiced in China, within and beyond the legal institutions of the state. Contrary to common belief, copyright was not a problematic doctrine simply imposed on China by foreign powers with little regard for Chinese cultural and social traditions. Shifting the focus from the state legislation of copyright to the daily, on-the-ground negotiations among Chinese authors, publishers, and state agents, the book presents a more dynamic, nuanced picture of the encounter between Chinese and foreign ideas and customs. Developing multiple ways for articulating their understanding of copyright, Chinese authors, booksellers, and publishers played a crucial role in its growth and eventual institutionalization in China. These individuals enforced what they viewed as copyright to justify their profit, protect their books, and crack down on piracy in a changing knowledge economy. As China transitioned from a late imperial system to a modern state, booksellers and publishers created and maintained their own economic rules and regulations when faced with the absence of an effective legal framework. Exploring how copyright was transplanted, adopted, and practiced, the book demonstrates the pivotal roles of those who produce and circulate knowledge.Less
This book reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. It draws on a vast range of previously underutilized archival sources to show how copyright was received, appropriated, and practiced in China, within and beyond the legal institutions of the state. Contrary to common belief, copyright was not a problematic doctrine simply imposed on China by foreign powers with little regard for Chinese cultural and social traditions. Shifting the focus from the state legislation of copyright to the daily, on-the-ground negotiations among Chinese authors, publishers, and state agents, the book presents a more dynamic, nuanced picture of the encounter between Chinese and foreign ideas and customs. Developing multiple ways for articulating their understanding of copyright, Chinese authors, booksellers, and publishers played a crucial role in its growth and eventual institutionalization in China. These individuals enforced what they viewed as copyright to justify their profit, protect their books, and crack down on piracy in a changing knowledge economy. As China transitioned from a late imperial system to a modern state, booksellers and publishers created and maintained their own economic rules and regulations when faced with the absence of an effective legal framework. Exploring how copyright was transplanted, adopted, and practiced, the book demonstrates the pivotal roles of those who produce and circulate knowledge.
James Meese
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780262037440
- eISBN:
- 9780262344517
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262037440.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Technology and Society
How should we think about authorship, use and piracy in an era of media convergence? How does the growing focus on amateur creativity impact on existing legal and cultural understandings of around ...
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How should we think about authorship, use and piracy in an era of media convergence? How does the growing focus on amateur creativity impact on existing legal and cultural understandings of around creation? And why are the author, user and pirate so prominent in debates around copyright law? Authors, Users, Pirates: Copyright Law and Subjectivity presents a new way of thinking about these three central subjects of copyright. It outlines a relational approach to subjectivity, charting connections between the author, user and pirate through a series of historical and contemporary case studies, moving from early regulatory debates around radio spectrum and nineteenth century cases on book abridgments to the controversial reuse of Instagram photos and the emergence of multi-channel networks on YouTube. The book draws on legal scholarship, cultural theory and media studies research to provide a new way of thinking about subjectivity and copyright. It also offers insights into a range of critical issues that sit at the intersection of copyright law and digital media including online copyright infringement, amateur media production and the potential futures of creative industries.Less
How should we think about authorship, use and piracy in an era of media convergence? How does the growing focus on amateur creativity impact on existing legal and cultural understandings of around creation? And why are the author, user and pirate so prominent in debates around copyright law? Authors, Users, Pirates: Copyright Law and Subjectivity presents a new way of thinking about these three central subjects of copyright. It outlines a relational approach to subjectivity, charting connections between the author, user and pirate through a series of historical and contemporary case studies, moving from early regulatory debates around radio spectrum and nineteenth century cases on book abridgments to the controversial reuse of Instagram photos and the emergence of multi-channel networks on YouTube. The book draws on legal scholarship, cultural theory and media studies research to provide a new way of thinking about subjectivity and copyright. It also offers insights into a range of critical issues that sit at the intersection of copyright law and digital media including online copyright infringement, amateur media production and the potential futures of creative industries.
Anna Petrig and Robin Geiß
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199609529
- eISBN:
- 9780191729751
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199609529.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea. States are ...
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Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea. States are resolved to repress these impediments to the free flow of trade and navigation. To this end, a number of multinational counter-piracy missions have been deployed to the region. This book describes the enforcement powers that States may rely upon in their quest to repress piracy in the larger Gulf of Aden region. The piracy rules of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the legal safeguards applicable to maritime interception operations are scrutinized before the analysis turns to the criminal prosecution of pirates and armed robbers at sea. The discussion includes so-called shiprider agreements, the transfers of alleged offenders to regional states, the jurisdictional bases for prosecuting pirates, and the feasibility of an international(ized) venue for their trial. In addressing a range of relevant issues, this book presents a detailed and comprehensive up-to-date analysis of the legal issues pertaining to the repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea and assesses whether the currently existing legal regime is still adequate to effectively counter piracy in the 21st century.Less
Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea. States are resolved to repress these impediments to the free flow of trade and navigation. To this end, a number of multinational counter-piracy missions have been deployed to the region. This book describes the enforcement powers that States may rely upon in their quest to repress piracy in the larger Gulf of Aden region. The piracy rules of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the legal safeguards applicable to maritime interception operations are scrutinized before the analysis turns to the criminal prosecution of pirates and armed robbers at sea. The discussion includes so-called shiprider agreements, the transfers of alleged offenders to regional states, the jurisdictional bases for prosecuting pirates, and the feasibility of an international(ized) venue for their trial. In addressing a range of relevant issues, this book presents a detailed and comprehensive up-to-date analysis of the legal issues pertaining to the repression of piracy and armed robbery at sea and assesses whether the currently existing legal regime is still adequate to effectively counter piracy in the 21st century.
Patrick Stewart
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199751501
- eISBN:
- 9780199895366
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751501.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
Fragile states are said to threaten international security by providing hospitable environments for transnational crime. “Failing states are inextricably linked to the increasing power of ...
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Fragile states are said to threaten international security by providing hospitable environments for transnational crime. “Failing states are inextricably linked to the increasing power of international criminal networks and ‘illegal’ economies,” the United Kingdom's Prime Minister's Strategy Unit contends. This connection makes intuitive sense: Weak regimes may lack the capacity or will to combat crime, while the corruption, insecurity, and weak rule of law found in many fragile states play to criminals' advantage. This chapter evaluates the connection between state weakness and transnational crime, paying special attention to six sectors of crime: narcotics production and trafficking; human trafficking; small arms trade; money laundering; environmental crime; and maritime piracy. It argues that the relationship between transnational crime and weak states is more complicated than popular mythology suggests.Less
Fragile states are said to threaten international security by providing hospitable environments for transnational crime. “Failing states are inextricably linked to the increasing power of international criminal networks and ‘illegal’ economies,” the United Kingdom's Prime Minister's Strategy Unit contends. This connection makes intuitive sense: Weak regimes may lack the capacity or will to combat crime, while the corruption, insecurity, and weak rule of law found in many fragile states play to criminals' advantage. This chapter evaluates the connection between state weakness and transnational crime, paying special attention to six sectors of crime: narcotics production and trafficking; human trafficking; small arms trade; money laundering; environmental crime; and maritime piracy. It argues that the relationship between transnational crime and weak states is more complicated than popular mythology suggests.
Noam Lubell
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199584840
- eISBN:
- 9780191594540
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199584840.003.0004
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration, Public International Law
This chapter questions whether extraterritorial use of force against non-state actors might, in certain conditions, not be a breach of international law, even if taken outside the framework of ...
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This chapter questions whether extraterritorial use of force against non-state actors might, in certain conditions, not be a breach of international law, even if taken outside the framework of self-defence. The concepts of countermeasures, necessity, hot pursuit, and piracy are examined. In addition, there is an analysis of the possibility of alternative paradigms or interpretations that might be claimed to allow for use of force other than in self-defence, such as ‘extraterritorial law enforcement’.Less
This chapter questions whether extraterritorial use of force against non-state actors might, in certain conditions, not be a breach of international law, even if taken outside the framework of self-defence. The concepts of countermeasures, necessity, hot pursuit, and piracy are examined. In addition, there is an analysis of the possibility of alternative paradigms or interpretations that might be claimed to allow for use of force other than in self-defence, such as ‘extraterritorial law enforcement’.
Noam Lubell
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199584840
- eISBN:
- 9780191594540
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199584840.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration, Public International Law
This chapter begins the examination of whether international humanitarian law is an appropriate legal framework that can be applied to extraterritorial force against non-state actors. This includes ...
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This chapter begins the examination of whether international humanitarian law is an appropriate legal framework that can be applied to extraterritorial force against non-state actors. This includes both the possibilities of such measures being categorised as international armed conflict and non-international armed conflict. The notion of non-international conflicts as including extra-territorial circumstances is considered, as are the criteria for determination of such conflicts, including threshold of violence and identification of the parties to the conflict.Less
This chapter begins the examination of whether international humanitarian law is an appropriate legal framework that can be applied to extraterritorial force against non-state actors. This includes both the possibilities of such measures being categorised as international armed conflict and non-international armed conflict. The notion of non-international conflicts as including extra-territorial circumstances is considered, as are the criteria for determination of such conflicts, including threshold of violence and identification of the parties to the conflict.
Paul Baines and Pat Rogers
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199278985
- eISBN:
- 9780191700002
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199278985.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature
Edmund Curll was a notorious figure among the publishers of the early eighteenth century: for his boldness, his lack of scruple, his publication of work without authors' consent, and his taste for ...
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Edmund Curll was a notorious figure among the publishers of the early eighteenth century: for his boldness, his lack of scruple, his publication of work without authors' consent, and his taste for erotic and scandalous publications. He was in legal trouble on several occasions for piracy and copyright infringement, unauthorised publication of the works of peers, and for seditious, blasphemous, and obscene publications. He stood in the pillory in 1728 for seditious libel. Above all, he was the constant target of the greatest poet and satirist of his age, Alexander Pope, whose work he pirated whenever he could and who responded with direct physical revenge (an emetic slipped into a drink) and persistent malign caricature. The war between Pope and Curll typifies some of the main cultural battles being waged between creativity and business. The story has normally been told from the poet's point of view, though more recently Curll has been celebrated as a kind of literary freedom-fighter. This book seeks to give a balanced and thoroughly-researched account of Curll's career in publishing between 1706 and 1747, untangling the mistakes and misrepresentations that have accrued over the years and restoring a clear sense of perspective to Curll's dealings in the literary marketplace. It examines the full range of Curll's output, including his notable antiquarian series, and uses extensive archive material to detail Curll's legal and other troubles, telling what is known about this strange and awkward figure.Less
Edmund Curll was a notorious figure among the publishers of the early eighteenth century: for his boldness, his lack of scruple, his publication of work without authors' consent, and his taste for erotic and scandalous publications. He was in legal trouble on several occasions for piracy and copyright infringement, unauthorised publication of the works of peers, and for seditious, blasphemous, and obscene publications. He stood in the pillory in 1728 for seditious libel. Above all, he was the constant target of the greatest poet and satirist of his age, Alexander Pope, whose work he pirated whenever he could and who responded with direct physical revenge (an emetic slipped into a drink) and persistent malign caricature. The war between Pope and Curll typifies some of the main cultural battles being waged between creativity and business. The story has normally been told from the poet's point of view, though more recently Curll has been celebrated as a kind of literary freedom-fighter. This book seeks to give a balanced and thoroughly-researched account of Curll's career in publishing between 1706 and 1747, untangling the mistakes and misrepresentations that have accrued over the years and restoring a clear sense of perspective to Curll's dealings in the literary marketplace. It examines the full range of Curll's output, including his notable antiquarian series, and uses extensive archive material to detail Curll's legal and other troubles, telling what is known about this strange and awkward figure.
Thomas F. Bonnell
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199532209
- eISBN:
- 9780191700996
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199532209.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature
This chapter discusses the contributions of John Bell to publishing and examines some practices prevalent at the time such as piracy and reprinting. Bell invoked the admired edition of the Latin ...
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This chapter discusses the contributions of John Bell to publishing and examines some practices prevalent at the time such as piracy and reprinting. Bell invoked the admired edition of the Latin classics by Elzevir. His literature-for-the-masses volume, Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, was published from 1777 to 1783. Each volume cost just six shillings, at a time when similar volumes usually cost multiple times that. The drawings and illustrations with which Bell adorned his publications influenced later publishers, as did his abandonment of the long s. Most notable, perhaps, was Bell's joint-stock organization of his publishing company, which defied the trade — forty dominant publishing companies — in order to establish a monopoly on the best publications. The rest of the chapter examines the progress of piracy and the trade war in the reprinting industry.Less
This chapter discusses the contributions of John Bell to publishing and examines some practices prevalent at the time such as piracy and reprinting. Bell invoked the admired edition of the Latin classics by Elzevir. His literature-for-the-masses volume, Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, was published from 1777 to 1783. Each volume cost just six shillings, at a time when similar volumes usually cost multiple times that. The drawings and illustrations with which Bell adorned his publications influenced later publishers, as did his abandonment of the long s. Most notable, perhaps, was Bell's joint-stock organization of his publishing company, which defied the trade — forty dominant publishing companies — in order to establish a monopoly on the best publications. The rest of the chapter examines the progress of piracy and the trade war in the reprinting industry.
Julie Stone Peters
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199262168
- eISBN:
- 9780191698811
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199262168.003.0013
- Subject:
- Literature, Drama
This chapter explores the repudiation of imitation, the identification of piracy and plagiarism as thievery, and the distinction of poetic ‘original’ from copy — crucial to the conceptualization of ...
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This chapter explores the repudiation of imitation, the identification of piracy and plagiarism as thievery, and the distinction of poetic ‘original’ from copy — crucial to the conceptualization of playtext as authorial property, by nature owned by the author-creator.Less
This chapter explores the repudiation of imitation, the identification of piracy and plagiarism as thievery, and the distinction of poetic ‘original’ from copy — crucial to the conceptualization of playtext as authorial property, by nature owned by the author-creator.
M. Pollard
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198184096
- eISBN:
- 9780191674174
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198184096.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, 17th-century and Restoration Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This chapter discusses the implications of the Copyright Act of 1709 for Ireland. The reprinting of works first issued in other countries was therefore legitimate work for the Dublin printers. It ...
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This chapter discusses the implications of the Copyright Act of 1709 for Ireland. The reprinting of works first issued in other countries was therefore legitimate work for the Dublin printers. It became the staple of the Dublin book trade, but only in those popular works that the trade considered would have an assured sale in Ireland. Throughout the 18th century, the London booksellers were understandably resentful and they were loud in their accusations of piracy. Once the Copyright Act was passed, London booksellers had two causes of grievances against the Irish book trade. The official complaint was of the importation into Britain of cheap Irish reprints which threatened the market at home. Quite as important, though never formally expressed, was the damage done to the market in Ireland. It was only after the Act of Union that Ireland, under the Copyright Act of 1801, was forced to recognize the existence of literary property in law which led to a close relationship between two countries as illustrated by the importing of English books, subscription collection and commitment in imprints on both sides.Less
This chapter discusses the implications of the Copyright Act of 1709 for Ireland. The reprinting of works first issued in other countries was therefore legitimate work for the Dublin printers. It became the staple of the Dublin book trade, but only in those popular works that the trade considered would have an assured sale in Ireland. Throughout the 18th century, the London booksellers were understandably resentful and they were loud in their accusations of piracy. Once the Copyright Act was passed, London booksellers had two causes of grievances against the Irish book trade. The official complaint was of the importation into Britain of cheap Irish reprints which threatened the market at home. Quite as important, though never formally expressed, was the damage done to the market in Ireland. It was only after the Act of Union that Ireland, under the Copyright Act of 1801, was forced to recognize the existence of literary property in law which led to a close relationship between two countries as illustrated by the importing of English books, subscription collection and commitment in imprints on both sides.
M. Pollard
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198184096
- eISBN:
- 9780191674174
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198184096.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 17th-century and Restoration Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This chapter considers the organization of the Dublin book trade in Ireland. It also discovers how its members dealt together, what books were published by them, how these books were published, and ...
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This chapter considers the organization of the Dublin book trade in Ireland. It also discovers how its members dealt together, what books were published by them, how these books were published, and to whom they were sold. In the absence of firm regulation by the Guild, rules that made possible co-existence amongst booksellers appear to have developed through the trial and error of practice until tradition could be quoted as authority. Such rules governed the pressing problems of ownership of ‘copyright’ in reprints, rights in later editions, and rights in original Irish writing.Less
This chapter considers the organization of the Dublin book trade in Ireland. It also discovers how its members dealt together, what books were published by them, how these books were published, and to whom they were sold. In the absence of firm regulation by the Guild, rules that made possible co-existence amongst booksellers appear to have developed through the trial and error of practice until tradition could be quoted as authority. Such rules governed the pressing problems of ownership of ‘copyright’ in reprints, rights in later editions, and rights in original Irish writing.
Brian T. Edwards
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231174008
- eISBN:
- 9780231540551
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231174008.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter examines dramatic transformations in the discussion of gender and sexuality—especially homosexuality—in Morocco in the first decade of the 21st century. Looking at the major impact of ...
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This chapter examines dramatic transformations in the discussion of gender and sexuality—especially homosexuality—in Morocco in the first decade of the 21st century. Looking at the major impact of YouTube on Morocco, and with extended readings of a Casablanca digital pirate, a young woman’s controversial film about teens, and the first openly gay Moroccan writer, this chapter explains how circulation affects the discussion of national and sexual identity in Morocco.Less
This chapter examines dramatic transformations in the discussion of gender and sexuality—especially homosexuality—in Morocco in the first decade of the 21st century. Looking at the major impact of YouTube on Morocco, and with extended readings of a Casablanca digital pirate, a young woman’s controversial film about teens, and the first openly gay Moroccan writer, this chapter explains how circulation affects the discussion of national and sexual identity in Morocco.
Condee Nancy
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195366761
- eISBN:
- 9780199867394
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195366761.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
In the wake of the Soviet Union’s disintegration, Russian cinema’s collapse was utterly distinct from its two previous, Soviet-era crises. Unlike the underproduction, or “cine-anemia,” of the Civil ...
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In the wake of the Soviet Union’s disintegration, Russian cinema’s collapse was utterly distinct from its two previous, Soviet-era crises. Unlike the underproduction, or “cine-anemia,” of the Civil War and late Stalinism, the post-Soviet film industry suffered from a case of cine-amnesia: its audience forgot to go to the movies. Although in the three years (1989–91) bracketing state collapse, 1000 films were shot, Russian audiences ceased attending films; by 1995, their per capita attendance had fallen to one film per year. This chapter traces the cinema industry from roughly 1983 to 2008, with particular attention to the May 1986 Fifth Congress of the Filmmakers’ Union, the Conflicts Commission, the collapse of a highly centralized distribution system, and the florescence of video piracy, as well as so-called chernukha (black culture) and the foreign influx of B-movies. Entrepreneur Tagi-zade is discussed in the context of an attempted Goskino revanche, and Nikita Mikhalkov’s ambiguous call for “back to the empire” is examined as a key aspect of cinema’s imaginative and logistical re-invention.Less
In the wake of the Soviet Union’s disintegration, Russian cinema’s collapse was utterly distinct from its two previous, Soviet-era crises. Unlike the underproduction, or “cine-anemia,” of the Civil War and late Stalinism, the post-Soviet film industry suffered from a case of cine-amnesia: its audience forgot to go to the movies. Although in the three years (1989–91) bracketing state collapse, 1000 films were shot, Russian audiences ceased attending films; by 1995, their per capita attendance had fallen to one film per year. This chapter traces the cinema industry from roughly 1983 to 2008, with particular attention to the May 1986 Fifth Congress of the Filmmakers’ Union, the Conflicts Commission, the collapse of a highly centralized distribution system, and the florescence of video piracy, as well as so-called chernukha (black culture) and the foreign influx of B-movies. Entrepreneur Tagi-zade is discussed in the context of an attempted Goskino revanche, and Nikita Mikhalkov’s ambiguous call for “back to the empire” is examined as a key aspect of cinema’s imaginative and logistical re-invention.
Paul Baines and Pat Rogers
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199278985
- eISBN:
- 9780191700002
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199278985.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature
This chapter discusses the clash between Alexander Pope — the uncrowned laureate of his age, representative of high classical culture and urbane values — and Edmund Curll — a self-made bookseller ...
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This chapter discusses the clash between Alexander Pope — the uncrowned laureate of his age, representative of high classical culture and urbane values — and Edmund Curll — a self-made bookseller with a reputation for piracy, deviousness, and obscenity. It also enumerates other authors with whom Curll engaged in fierce disputes. It evaluates the authenticity of a few of the biographies of Curll. It talks about the identification of a considerable number of books in which Curll took an active publishing role, even though he concealed his involvement. This chapter also discusses several legal problems in which Curll was involved. It also lays a marginal perspective about the practice of bookselling in the early eighteenth century. It notes that Curll's methods demonstrate the increasing importance of advertising as a medium for retailing. It also explains Pope's The Dunciad.Less
This chapter discusses the clash between Alexander Pope — the uncrowned laureate of his age, representative of high classical culture and urbane values — and Edmund Curll — a self-made bookseller with a reputation for piracy, deviousness, and obscenity. It also enumerates other authors with whom Curll engaged in fierce disputes. It evaluates the authenticity of a few of the biographies of Curll. It talks about the identification of a considerable number of books in which Curll took an active publishing role, even though he concealed his involvement. This chapter also discusses several legal problems in which Curll was involved. It also lays a marginal perspective about the practice of bookselling in the early eighteenth century. It notes that Curll's methods demonstrate the increasing importance of advertising as a medium for retailing. It also explains Pope's The Dunciad.
