[ecrea] New Book: A Critical Guide to Intellectual Property

Zed Books are pleased to announce the publication of /*A Critical Guide 
to Intellectual Property*/, edited by Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers.

https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/a-critical-guide-to-intellectual-property/

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*About the book:*
This volume offers a wide-ranging critique of the concept and practice 
of intellectual property. From genetically modified foods to digital 
piracy, the concept of intellectual property (IP) and the laws upholding 
it play a crucial role in our society, but its political and ideological 
dimensions have rarely been understood outside of specialist circles. 
This collection cuts through the legal jargon that so often surrounds 
IP, to provide both a comprehensive history and analysis that explores 
the corporate interests that shape its conception and the movements that 
are developing alternatives.

As the nature of industry changes, we might ask: what are the wider 
implications of the concept of IP, be it for agribusiness and 
pharmaceutical companies or the film and music industries? Has IP law 
has been used to safeguard and assert the ownership of ideas and 
creativity, or is it an essential foundation of our culture?

Today, with mounting challenges from the growth of free software and 
open source movements, this collection provides an accessible and 
alternative guide to IP, exploring its significance within the wider 
struggle between capital and the commons.


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