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Colonial copyright [electronic resource] : intellectual property in mandate Palestine / by Michael D. Birnhack

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Birnhack, Michael D.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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1 online resource (xiv, 313 pages) : illustrations
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Machine generated contents note: A.Premises: Copyright, Culture, Technology -- (1).Copyright--culture -- (2).Copyright--technology -- B.Frameworks -- (1).Colonial copyright -- (2).Authorship -- (3).Mandate Palestine -- C.Structure and Outline -- D.Methodology and Scope -- 1.Colonial Transplants -- A.Introduction -- B.Legal Transplants -- C.Legal Colonialism -- (1).Rule of law -- (2).Imperial typology -- (3).Law-making -- (4).The colonial meets the local -- D.Colonial Transplants -- E.Method -- F.Conclusion -- 2.Colonial Copyright -- A.Introduction -- B.Progress -- C.Creativity -- (1).Uncovering hidden assumptions -- (2).The authorship project -- (3).Eurocentric copyright -- D.Intangibility -- (1).The challenge -- (2).Cultural balances -- E.Colonial Copyright -- F.Conclusion -- 3.The Making of British Colonial Copyright -- A.Introduction -- B.Intra-Imperial Copyright until 1886 -- C.International Copyright: 1886--1911 -- D.A New Imperial Order: 1886--1911--1917 -- (1).Towards an imperial Act -- (2).Applying the 1911 Act in the Empire -- (3).Assuring uniformity -- E.Conclusion -- 4.Legislating Copyright in Palestine -- A.Introduction -- B.The Ottoman Authors' Rights Act -- (1).The Ottoman Empire: law and reform -- (2).The Authors' Rights Act 1910 -- (3).The Act in practice? -- C.British Legislation -- (1).The legislative process -- (2).First British steps: the 1920 Copyright Ordinance -- (3).The man behind the law -- (4).The 1924 copyright legislations -- (5).Subsequent legislation -- (6).Copyright relationship with the United States -- (7).Publication and translation of the law -- D.Conclusion -- 5.Constructing Culture and the Image of the Hebrew Author -- A.Introduction -- B.The Emerging Hebrew Cultural Field -- (1).The cultural timeline -- (2).Jewish culture, Arab culture -- (3).Internal divisions within the Jewish community -- (4).Hebrew -- (5).The British point of view -- (6).What about the law? -- C.The Hebrew Author -- (1).The image of the author -- (2).The irrelevance of the law -- D.Conclusion -- 6.Copyright Law and Social Norms -- A.Introduction -- B.The Legal Field -- (1).Judicial systems -- (2).Lawyers -- (3).Legal education -- (4).Libraries -- (5).Legal literature -- (6).Popular and professional press -- (7).Interim summary -- C.Needs and Solutions -- (1).The authors: originality -- (2).Publishers, translations, and commercial norms -- (3).Theatre, authors, translators, and social norms -- (4).Authors and Publishers: contractual and social norms -- (5).Authors' attribution and integrity of works -- (6).International transactions -- (7).Private ordering: evaluation -- D.Conclusion -- 7.Setting the Law in Motion -- A.Introduction -- B.Law, Sound, Action! -- (1).Performing rights -- (2).New tunes -- (3).Enter Meir Kovalsky -- C.Mendelsohn, Beethoven, and Schumann in Zion -- (1).The lawyer's strategy -- (2).The judgment -- (3).The aftermath of the case -- D.Enforcing Copyright -- (1).A business plan -- (2).Litigating copyright -- (3).Hebrew music: ACUM -- E.Copyright Glocalization -- F.Conclusion -- 8.Copyright on the Air -- A.Introduction -- B.The Road to the Radio -- (1).Initial thoughts and a growing demand (August 1930--May 1933) -- (2).Decision and planning (June 1933--April 1934) -- (3).Executing the plan (May 1934--March 1936) -- C.Copyright Issues -- (1).Copyright in broadcasting -- (2).The community listening project -- D.Conclusion -- 9.Telegraphic News -- A.Introduction -- B.News in Palestine -- (1).Local press -- (2).Telegraph and news agencies -- (3).The market of telegraphic news -- C.News in the Courts -- (1).Owning news -- (2).Litigation strategy -- (3).Judgments -- D.The Impact of the Case -- (1).Statutory protection for telegraphic news -- (2).Broadcast vs telegraph -- E.Conclusion -- 10.Arab Copyright -- A.Introduction -- B.The Arab Cultural and Legal Fields -- (1).The cultural field -- (2).The legal field -- C.The British Attitude -- (1).The Copyright Act -- (2).The radio -- D.First Steps towards Active Usage of Copyright -- E.El-Amiri v katul -- F.Conclusion -- 11.At a Crossroad -- A.Introduction -- B.Herzl, Ahad Ha'am, and the Biblical Concordance -- (1).Herzl's writings -- (2).Ahad Ha'am -- (3).The concordance -- C.Jewish Copyright Law and Old Texts -- (1).Jewish copyright law -- (2).Old texts -- D.Copyright becomes Routine -- E.Conclusion.
Summary
The history of colonial copyright is often told from the view of the colonizers. This study of the early roots of copyright in the British Empire provides a sophisticated theoretical framework, contextualizing early copyright law as a form of globalization and examining its impact on colonial affairs and modern law.
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ISBN
9780191746147 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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