In this enlightening book James Boyle describes what he calls the range wars of the information age-today's heated battles over intellectual property.

Argues that all members of the society should understand intellectual property law and that the public domain, where materials can be shared for free and without permission, is essential to innovation, free speech, creativity and culture.

These are the questions Boyle explores in matters as diverse as autodialers and direct advertising, electronic bulletin boards and consumer databases, ethno-botany and indigenous pharmaceuticals, the right of publicity (why Johnny Carson ...

In this enlightening book James Boyle describes what he calls the range wars of the information age--today's heated battles over intellectual property.

Analyzing the work of every Roman tragedian whose work survived in substance, Anthony J. Boyle provides the first detailed cultural and theatrical history of Roman tragedy and its place at the centre of Rome's cultural and political life.

What's going on here? It's the collision of documentary filmmaking and intellectual property law, and it's the inspiration for this new comic book.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.