Rethinking Intellectual Property

Mat Callahan is a musician and author based in Ireland. His previous books include The Explosion of Deferred Dreams: Musical Renaissance and Social Revolution in San Francisco, 1965–1975 and The Trouble With Music. Jim Rogers is Associate Professor of Communications at Dublin City University, Ireland. His research interests focus on media and cultural production, especially popular music, with particular emphasis on the role of intellectual property in shaping the outcome of new technologies in the music industries.

• Introduction1. Why Intellectual Property? Why Now? Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers2. Running through the Jungle: Introduction to Intellectual Property Mat CallahanSection I. Historical Contexts and Conceptual Frameworks3. Intellectual Property Rights and their Diffusion around the World: Towards a Global History Colin Darch, University of Cape Town, South Africa4. The Political Economy of Intellectual Property Michael Perelman, California State University, USA5. I Am because I Own vs. I Am because We Are Mat CallahanSection II. Terrains of Conflict and Terms of Engagement6. Owning up to Owning Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants Josef A. Brinckmann, Research Fellow at Traditional Medicinals, Inc., California, USA7. Using Human Rights to Move beyond Reformism to Radicalism: A2K for Schools, Libraries, and Archives Caroline B. Ncube, University of Cape Town, South Africa8. Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Copyright and Continuity in the Contemporary Music Economy Jim Rogers9. Free Software and Open Source Movements from Digital Rebellion to Aaron Swartz: Responses to Government and Corporate Attempts at Suppression and Enclosure Paul McKimmey, University of Hawaii, USA, with a coda by Bob Jolliffe, University of Oslo, NorwaySection III. Law, Policy and Jurisdiction10. Rethinking the World Intellectual Property Organization Debora Halbert, University of Hawaii, USA11. What is Intellectual Property? Blayne Haggart, Brock University, Ontario, Canada12. Piracy, States and the Legitimation of Authority Mat Callahan13. Intellectual Property and Socialism Josef A. Brinckmann and Mat CallahanConclusions14: Summary and Concluding Remarks Mat Callahan and Jim Rogers

Unwraps intellectual property’s supposed enigma in an accessible fashion. Power, profits, piracy: all are explored here with real arguments and facts. Provocative.