Authors And Oners The Invention Of Copyright [Paperback]

The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces the formation of copyright in eighteenth-century Britainand in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property.Authors and Ownersis at once a fascinating look at an important episode in legal history and a significant contribution to literary and cultural history.[An] elegant and concise study.Serves as a model of how literary theory can breathe new life into a well-known and perhaps even fashionable subject by endowing it with conceptual discipline.An elegant book; stylishly written, pleasingly designed and meticulously documented and researched.[Roses] erudite book is not a practitioners manual nor an exposition of modern copyright law, but is a valuable contribution to the history and philosophy of copyright.The notion of the author as the creator and therefore the first owner of a work is deeply rooted both in our economic system and in our concept of the individual. But this concept of authorship is modern. Mark Rose traces its formation in eighteenth-century Britainand in the process highlights still current issues of intellectual property.