Kathy Bowrey (University of New South Wales, Sydney)
This book is about the Internet and the technological and cultural baggage that accompanies it and affects its regulation. It considers the ways decisions about Internet technologies are made; ideas behind global trade and innovation; power of engineers and programmers; influence of multinationals; and questions about global marketing and consumer choice. Although the volume draws upon current debates from globalization, communications and socio-legal theory, it will be comprehensible to a general audience interested in issues associated with technology and innovation.
This book is about the Internet and the technological and cultural baggage that accompanies it and affects its regulation. It considers the ways decis...
Jose Bellido (University of Kent, Canterbury), Kathy Bowrey (University of New South Wales, Sydney)
Adventures in Childhood connects modern intellectual property law and practice with a history of consumption. Structured in a loosely chronological order, the book begins with the creation of a children's literature market, a Christmas market, and moves through character merchandising, syndicated newspaper strips, film, television, and cross-industry relations, finishing in the 1970s, by which time professional identities and legal practices had stabilized. By focusing on the rise of child-targeted commercial activities, the book is able to reflect on how and why intellectual property rights...
Adventures in Childhood connects modern intellectual property law and practice with a history of consumption. Structured in a loosely chronological or...
