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Title
Who Owns the News? : a History of Copyright.
Author
Slauter, Will, author.
Item Type
Book
Description
xii, 352 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781503604889 Print
9781503607729 eBook
9781503607729 eBook
Summary
You can't copyright facts, but is news a category unto itself? Without legal protection for the "ownership" of news, what incentive does a news organization have to invest in producing quality journalism that serves the public good? This book explores the intertwined histories of journalism and copyright law in the United States and Great Britain, revealing how shifts in technology, government policy, and publishing strategy have shaped the media landscape. Publishers have long sought to treat news as exclusive to protect their investments against copying or "free riding." But over the centuries, arguments about the vital role of newspapers and the need for information to circulate have made it difficult to defend property rights in news. Beginning with the earliest printed news publications and ending with the Internet, Will Slauter traces these countervailing trends, offering a fresh perspective on debates about copyright and efforts to control the flow of news.
Note
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Owning news in an age of censorship and monopoly
Toward a culture of copying in eighteenth-century Britain
Scissors editors : cutting and pasting in early America
Market news and the limits of copyright in nineteenth-century America
Debating copyright for news in industrial Britain
Press associations and the quest for exclusivity in the United States
International News Service v. Associated Press and its legacy
Epilogue : the view from the digital age.
Owning news in an age of censorship and monopoly
Toward a culture of copying in eighteenth-century Britain
Scissors editors : cutting and pasting in early America
Market news and the limits of copyright in nineteenth-century America
Debating copyright for news in industrial Britain
Press associations and the quest for exclusivity in the United States
International News Service v. Associated Press and its legacy
Epilogue : the view from the digital age.
Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019
Language
English
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