TY - BOOK AB - Peter Baldwin explains why the copyright wars have always been driven by a fundamental tension. Should copyright assure authors and rights holders lasting claims, much like conventional property rights, as in Continental Europe? Or should copyright be primarily concerned with giving consumers cheap and easy access to a shared culture, as in Britain and America? --Publisher's description. AU - Baldwin, Peter, CN - K1420.5 CN - K1420.5 ID - 717537 KW - Copyright KW - Copyright N2 - Peter Baldwin explains why the copyright wars have always been driven by a fundamental tension. Should copyright assure authors and rights holders lasting claims, much like conventional property rights, as in Continental Europe? Or should copyright be primarily concerned with giving consumers cheap and easy access to a shared culture, as in Britain and America? --Publisher's description. SN - 9780691161822 SN - 0691161828 T1 - The copyright wars :three centuries of trans-Atlantic battle / TI - The copyright wars :three centuries of trans-Atlantic battle / ER -