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Shamans, Software, and Spleens

Law and the Construction of the Information Society

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$39.00 • £33.95 • €35.95

ISBN 9780674805231

Publication Date: 10/30/1997

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288 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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  • Preface
  • 1. The Information Society
  • 2. Four Puzzles
  • 3. The Public and Private Realms
  • 4. Information Economics
  • 5. Intellectual property and the Liberal State
  • 6. Copyright and the Invention of Authorship
  • 7. Blackmail
  • 8. Insider Trading and the Romantic Entrepreneur
  • 9. Spleens
  • 10. Stereotyping Information and Searching for an Author
  • 11. The International Political Economy of Authorship
  • 12. Private Censors, Transgenic Slavery, and Electronic
  • 13.Indenture
  • 14. Proposals and Objections
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. An Afterword on Method
  • Appendix B. The Bellagio Declaration
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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