Brand name bullies : the quest to own and control culture / David Bollier.

By:

Bollier, David [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0471679275
9780471679271

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

346.73048 22

LOC classification:

KF2979 .B64 2005

Contents:

1. The crusade to lock up music -- 2. Creativity and captive images -- 3. Appropriating the people's culture -- 4. Trademark owners whine, "no making fun of me!" -- 5. The corporate privatization of words -- 6. Property rights in public image -- 7. The theft of the public domain -- 8. Stifling public dialogue through copyright -- 9. The DMCA's attacks on free speech -- 10. The quest for perfect control -- 11. Intellectual property : goes over the top -- 12. Just kidding or dead serious? -- Conclusion : reclaiming the cultural commons.

Review: "In Brand Name Bullies, David Bollier reveals the countless ways in which creativity, innovation, and free expression in American culture are under relentless assault from a new and rapacious breed of corporate bullies. He offers scores of examples of how copyright and trademark owners are using political influence, high-powered attorneys, and out-and-out intimidation to expand their control over our culture."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index.

"In Brand Name Bullies, David Bollier reveals the countless ways in which creativity, innovation, and free expression in American culture are under relentless assault from a new and rapacious breed of corporate bullies. He offers scores of examples of how copyright and trademark owners are using political influence, high-powered attorneys, and out-and-out intimidation to expand their control over our culture."--BOOK JACKET.

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