Piracy : the intellectual property wars from Gutenberg to Gates / Adrian Johns.

  • Johns, Adrian.
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[2009], ©2009
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2009], ©2009.

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626 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

A general history of the pirates -- The invention of piracy -- The piratical enlightenment -- Experimenting with print -- Pharmaceutical piracy and the origins of medical patenting -- Of epics and orreries -- The land without property -- Making a nation -- The printing counterrevolution -- Inventors, schemers, and men of science -- International copyright and the science of civilization -- The first pirate hunters -- The great oscillation war -- Intellectual property and the nature of science -- The pirate at home and at large -- From phreaking to fudding -- Past, present, and future.

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  • 9780226401188
  • 0226401189