Piracy the intellectual property wars from Gutenberg to Gates / Adrian Johns.

Author/creator Johns, Adrian
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago : The University of Chicago Press,
Description626 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009017513
ISBN9780226401188 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226401189 (cloth : alk. paper)