Brand Name Bullies: The Quest to Own and Control Culture

by David Bollier

Book Overview

An impassioned, darkly amusing look at how corporations misuse copyright law to stifle creativity and free speech

If you want to make fun of Mickey or Barbie on your Web site, you may be hearing from some corporate lawyers. You should also think twice about calling something fair and balanced or publicly using Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. It may be illegal. Or it may be entirely legal, but the distinction doesn't matter if...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471679275
• ISBN13: 9780471679271
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Wiley (TP)
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"