General Information

Author/Creator

Johns, Adrian.

Language

English.

Published

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2009.

Physical Description

626 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subjects

Subject

Intellectual property infringement > History.

Piracy (Copyright) > History.

Copyright infringement > History.

Software piracy > History.

Printing > History.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Adrian Johns.

Content

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.

ISBN

9780226401188

0226401189

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	346.04/8 22 JOH		Reference	-
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	346.04/8 22 JOH		General Stacks	-

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