Name: History of copyright and its implications
Uploaded: 2016-05-21T11:25:09Z
Duration: 1 h 9 min 37 s

History of copyright and its implications

Added on 21 May 2016

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Copyright is derived from a 16th-century English censorship law, later transformed by publishers and the English Parliament into a monopoly distribution right. This history differs in significant ways from our modern conception of copyright, which holds that it was invented to give writers and artists an economic basis for creativity. The actual story is somewhat more complex than that, and understanding it is increasingly important today, as the economics of distribution are undergoing radical change thanks to the Internet.