Intellectual property : the many faces of the public domain

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: MacQueen, Hector L. (Author), Waelde, Charlotte (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar , c2007
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. In search of the public domain during the prehistory of copyright law
  • 2. Copyright's public domain
  • 3. The public domain: right or liberty?
  • 4. The public domain and international intellectual property law treaties
  • 5. The public interest in the public domain
  • 6. Altering the contours of the public domain
  • 7. Creativity, innovation and intellectual property: a new approach for the 21st century
  • 8. The public domain and the librarian
  • 9. The public domain and the creative author
  • 10. The public domain and the economist
  • 11. The public domain and public sector information
  • 12. Audiences in tradition: traditional knowledge and the public domain
  • 13. Scientific research agendas: controlled and shaped by the scope of patentability
  • 14. The public domain: ideology vs. interest
  • 15. A rights-free world-is it workable, and what is the point?
  • 16. The priorities, the values, the public.