Piracy : the intellectual property wars from Gutenberg to Gates / Adrian Johns.

Chicago, Ill : The University of Chicago Press, c2009.

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Intellectual property infringement -- History.

Piracy (Copyright) -- History.

Copyright infringement -- History.

Software piracy -- History.

Printing -- History.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. A general history of the pirates

The invention of piracy

The piratical enlightenment

Experimenting with print

Pharmaceutical piracy and the origins of medical patenting

Of epics and orreries

The land without property

Making a nation

The printing counterrevolution

Inventors, schemers, and men of science

International copyright and the science of civilization

The first pirate hunters

The great oscillation war

Intellectual property and the nature of science

The pirate at home and at large

From phreaking to fudding

Past, present, and future.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780226401188

626 p. : ill. ; 24 cm