Piracy the intellectual property wars from Gutenberg to Gates / Adrian Johns.
| Author/creator | Johns, Adrian |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, |
| Description | 626 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009017513 |
| ISBN | 9780226401188 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226401189 (cloth : alk. paper) |