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Mark Rose, Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright (1993), discusses the genesis of copyright laws. Studies of copyright law and policy in the United States include Benjamin Kaplan, An Unhurried View of Copyright (1967); and Paul Goldstein, Copyright, 2nd ed., 4 vol. (1996β98). Good accounts of copyright in other jurisdictions may be found in William P. Alford, To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization (1995); and Dennis Campbell and Susan Cotter (eds.), International Intellectual Property Law (1995β ).
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| Article title updated for style. | Oct 31, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Business LibreTexts - Copyright. | Oct 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Copyright, DRM, and the DMCA. | Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The economics of copyright law : A stocktake of the literature (PDF). | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Introduction to Intellectual Property - The Basics of Copyright. | May 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Copyleft and copyright (PDF). | Apr 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: the University of Chicago Press Journals - File Sharing and Copyright. | Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UC Irvine School of Social Sciences - Copyright vs. Napster: The File Sharing Revolution (PDF). | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Textbooks at UQ - UQ Open Textbooks Author Guide - Overview of Copyright. | Jan 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Copyright. | Nov 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Guides at University of North Texas - What is Copyright? | May 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Copyright Law. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Library - What is copyright? | May 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Copyright Office - Copyright Basics (PDF). | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Business LibreTexts - Copyright. | Dec 10, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Investopedia - Copyright Definition. | Sep 21, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Oct 29, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Association of Research Libraries - Copyright Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States. | Nov 11, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute - Copyright. | Jun 20, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 14, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Texas at Austin - Copyright Law and What it Means. | Jan 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: PetMD - Maine Coon. | Jan 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Pretoria - Copyright. | Jan 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christian Copyright Licensing International - What is meant by Copyright? | Jan 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Design and Artists Copyright Society - What is copyright? | Jan 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boston University - Geneva, Switzerland. | Jan 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Texas at Austin - Copyright Law and What it Means. | Jan 06, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Copyright. | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Copyright Myths and Facts. | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. - Copyright. | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Lectric Law Library - Copyright. | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Trademark Vs Copyright. | Sep 27, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Copyright. | Oct 12, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Money - Copyright. | Oct 12, 2011 | ||
| Article updated to mention Sweden's Pirate Party, which campaigned on the platform of copyright and patent-law reform, securing a seat in the European Parliament. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| Article updated to include 2008 U.S. federal appeals court ruling that free licenses are protected under copyright law. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How Copyrights Work. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 25, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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