Rethinking Intellectual Property by Mat Callahan - ISBN: 9781350618992
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IP: Pillar of culture or tool to limit creativity and capital?
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Rethinking Intellectual Property

A Radical Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of the Ownership of Ideas

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    256 pages

  • Release Date

    4 March 2027

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Summary

This is the updated and expanded edition of the only radical, multidisciplinary, international introduction to intellectual property in its socio-economic contexts.

Bringing together voices from law, sociology, economics, political science, and cultural studies from across the Global North and Global South, experts and activists Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers offer a detailed history and analysis of IP before asking critical questions designed to underscore its importanc…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350618992
ISBN-10:1350618993
Author:Mat Callahan, Dr. Jim Rogers
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Edition:2nd
Release Date:4 March 2027
Dimensions:156mm x 234mm
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Critics Review

Unwraps intellectual property’s supposed enigma in an accessible fashion. Power, profits, piracy: all are explored here with real arguments and facts. Provocative. * Alan Story, University of Kent, UK *
Combining analytical and narrative approaches, this book is an excellent way to get to grips with the current political economy of intellectual property. * Christopher May, Lancaster University, UK *
The idea of Intellectual Property is, quite literally, an attempt to monopolize ideas. In this exciting volume, the ideological basis of IP is critiqued, and the options for resistance examined. * John Quiggin, University of Queensland, Australia *
As much a handbook that suggests radical thought and action as it is an intellectuals’ guide to intellectual property. * Jonah Raskin, Socialism and Democracy *
A critical guide that tells the truth about intellectual property. Everybody should read it. * Peter Drahos, Australian National University, Australia *

About The Author

Mat Callahan

Mat Callahan is a musician and author based in Ireland. His previous books include The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965–1975 and The Trouble With Music.

Jim Rogers is Associate Professor of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland. His research interests focus on media and cultural production, especially popular music, with particular emphasis on the role of intellectual property in shaping the outcome of new technologies in the music industries.

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