Modernizing Copyright Law for the Digital Age

About this book

"This book examines copyrights and patent rights within the context of America's Constitution and its political economy, and it and tracks key historical developments of those intellectual property (IP) rights. More particularly, the book's primary focus is on copyrights during the 20th and early 21st centuries. The book connects constitutional principles and historical insights to specific recommendations for modernizing U.S. copyright law to meet the marketplace and technological challenges of the digital age"--