@article{26657,
      recid = {26657},
      author = {Atkinson, Benedict., and Atkinson, Benedict A. C. and  Fitzgerald, Brian F.},
      title = {Copyright law /},
      pages = {3 volumes ;},
      abstract = {"This series examines how the law of copyright developed  as an instrument of political control and individual  expression. The first volume discusses how proprietary  notions increasingly dominated copyright legal principles,  with consequences for information dissemination in modern  times. It covers the period to 1850, and begins with  extracts from Roman law and early Christian and medieval  teaching on ownership. The second volume reproduces  writings of figures as diverse as Karl Marx, Victor Hugo,  Charles Dickens and Mark Twain, and bodies such as the US  Congress. Extracted material charts the development of an  international system of copyright regulation, and the  growth, in the 20th century, of copyright industries  benefitting from new copyright laws. The third and final  volume shows how, since 1950, the growth of copyright  regulation has followed, and enabled, the extraordinary  economic growth of the entertainment, broadcasting,  software and communications industries. The articles focus  principally on the digital age, examining how copyright  regulation is likely to affect goals of dissemination and  access."--Publisher's website.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/26657},
}