Brand name bullies : the quest to own and control culture
by
 
Bollier, David.

Title
Brand name bullies : the quest to own and control culture

Author
Bollier, David.

ISBN
9780471679271

Personal Author
Bollier, David.

Publication Information
Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2005.

Physical Description
x, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents
1. The crusade to lock up music -- 2. Creativity and captive images -- 3. Appropriating the people's culture -- 4. Trademark owners whine, "no making fun of me!" -- 5. The corporate privatization of words -- 6. Property rights in public image -- 7. The theft of the public domain -- 8. Stifling public dialogue through copyright -- 9. The DMCA's attacks on free speech -- 10. The quest for perfect control -- 11. Intellectual property : goes over the top -- 12. Just kidding or dead serious? -- Conclusion : reclaiming the cultural commons.

Abstract
"In Brand Name Bullies, David Bollier reveals the countless ways in which creativity, innovation, and free expression in American culture are under relentless assault from a new and rapacious breed of corporate bullies. He offers scores of examples of how copyright and trademark owners are using political influence, high-powered attorneys, and out-and-out intimidation to expand their control over our culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
Intellectual property -- United States.
 
Popular culture -- United States.

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/2004015801.html


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