The State of Copyright: The complex relationships of cultural creation in a globalized world

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Debora Halbert

The State of Copyright

The complex relationships of cultural creation in a globalized world

Debora Halbert

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Routledge
04 February 2014

Political economy; Law & society; Copyright law

Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy

This book seeks to make an intervention into the ongoing debate about the scope and intensity of global copyright laws.

While mapping out the primary actors in the context of globalization and the modern political economy of information ownership, the argument is made that alternatives to further expansion of copyright are necessary. By examining the multiple and competing interests in creating the legal regime of copyright law, this books attempts to map the political economy of copyright in the information age, critique the concentration of ownership that is intrinsic in the status quo, and provide an assessment of the state of the contemporary global copyright landscape and its futures. It draws upon the current narratives of copyright as produced by corporate, government, and political actors and frames these narratives as language games within a global political project to define how information and culture will be shared and exchanged in the future. The text problematizes the relationship of the state to culture, comments on the global flows of culture, and critiques the regulatory apparatus that is in place to commodify culture and align it with the contemporary nation-state. In the end, the possibility of non-commodified and more open futures are explored.

The State of Copyright will be of particular interest for students and scholars of international political economy, law, political science, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, library sciences, and communication studies. It also will appeal to a growing popular audience that has taken an interest in the issues of copyright.

By: Debora Halbert
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780415857383
ISBN 10: 0415857384
Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 04 February 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Debora Halbert is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. She is the author of Intellectual Property in the Information Age: The Politics of Expanding Ownership Rights and Resisting Intellectual Property, along with numerous articles on issues related to intellectual property.