Unrigged Vessels. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to be Printed
Title | Unrigged Vessels. June 3, 1912. -- Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to be Printed PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 1912 |
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Congressional Record
Title | Congressional Record PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1064 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Law |
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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States
Title | Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1510 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Legislation |
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Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
Digital Copyright
Title | Digital Copyright PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Litman |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Pages | 216 |
Release | |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 161592051X |
Professor Litman's work stands out as well-researched, doctrinally solid, and always piercingly well-written.-JANE GINSBURG, Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property, Columbia UniversityLitman's work is distinctive in several respects: in her informed historical perspective on copyright law and its legislative policy; her remarkable ability to translate complicated copyright concepts and their implications into plain English; her willingness to study, understand, and take seriously what ordinary people think copyright law means; and her creativity in formulating alternatives to the copyright quagmire. -PAMELA SAMUELSON, Professor of Law and Information Management; Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California, BerkeleyIn 1998, copyright lobbyists succeeded in persuading Congress to enact laws greatly expanding copyright owners' control over individuals' private uses of their works. The efforts to enforce these new rights have resulted in highly publicized legal battles between established media and new upstarts.In this enlightening and well-argued book, law professor Jessica Litman questions whether copyright laws crafted by lawyers and their lobbyists really make sense for the vast majority of us. Should every interaction between ordinary consumers and copyright-protected works be restricted by law? Is it practical to enforce such laws, or expect consumers to obey them? What are the effects of such laws on the exchange of information in a free society?Litman's critique exposes the 1998 copyright law as an incoherent patchwork. She argues for reforms that reflect common sense and the way people actually behave in their daily digital interactions.This paperback edition includes an afterword that comments on recent developments, such as the end of the Napster story, the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing, the escalation of a full-fledged copyright war, the filing of lawsuits against thousands of individuals, and the June 2005 Supreme Court decision in the Grokster case.Jessica Litman (Ann Arbor, MI) is professor of law at Wayne State University and a widely recognized expert on copyright law.
Minding Culture
Title | Minding Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Terri Janke |
Publisher | WIPO |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9280511890 |
"The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published on Monday, March 15, 2004, a collection of practical case studies on the use of the intellectual property sytsem by indigenous communities of Australia. It was written for WIPO by Terri Janke, an Australian lawyer, and a descendant of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait Islands, Australia."--
Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling and Reveiling
Title | Women and Politics in Iran: Veiling, Unveiling and Reveiling PDF eBook |
Author | Hamideh Sedghi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2014-05-14 |
Genre | SOCIAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | 9780511296574 |
Why were urban women veiled in the early 1900s, unveiled from 1936 to 1979, and reveiled after the 1979 revolution? This question forms the basis of Hamideh Sedghi's original and unprecedented contribution to politics and Middle Eastern studies. Using primary and secondary sources, Sedghi offers new knowledge on women's agency in relation to state power. In this rigorous analysis she places contention over women at the centre of the political struggle between secular and religious forces and demonstrates that control over women's identities, sexuality, and labor has been central to the consolidation of state power. Sedghi links politics and culture with economics to present an integrated analysis of the private and public lives of different classes of women and their modes of resistance to state power.
The Russian Primary Chronicle
Title | The Russian Primary Chronicle PDF eBook |
Author | Nestor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 1953 |
Genre | Kievan Rus |
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Chronicle covers the years 852-1116 of Russian history.