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Copyright and Cartography: History, Law, and the Circulation of Geographical Knowledge

Autor Isabella Alexander
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 iul 2023
This open access book explores the intertwined histories of mapmaking and copyright law in Britain from the early modern period up to World War 1, focusing chiefly on the 18th and 19th centuries. Taking a multidisciplinary approach and making extensive use of the archival record, this is the first detailed, historical account of the relationship between maps and copyright. As such, it examines how the emergence and development of copyright law affected mapmakers and the map trade and how the application of copyright law to the field of mapmaking affected the development of copyright doctrine. Its explorations cast new light on the circulation of geographical knowledge, different cultures of authorship and creativity, and connections between copyright law, print culture, technology, and society.The book will be of interest to legal historians, intellectual property scholars, and historians of the map and print culture, as well as those interested in the history of knowledge and how legal control over data has been exerted over time. It takes the reader back to the earliest attempts to establish who can own and control geographical information and its graphic representation in the form of a map. In so doing, it establishes a long history of tension between the interests of private enterprise, government, and the public. The book's investigations end in the first decades of the 20th century, but the tensions it identifies persist in the 21st century, although today paper maps have been largely replaced by web-based mapping platforms and digital geospatial data.The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Australian Research Council.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781509958337
ISBN-10: 1509958339
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.63 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hart Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Detailed, historical account based on extensive archival research of the interaction between copyright law and map-making offers new knowledge and insights for copyright historians and map historians

Notă biografică

Isabella Alexander is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Cuprins

1. Introduction2. Early Encounters: Protecting Maps and Atlases 1500-17003. Enlightenment Mapmaking and Law-Making Part 1: Legislation4. Enlightenment Mapmaking and Law-Making Part 2: Litigation5. Legal Highways and Byways: Road Books in Court6. Public Surveys, National Maps: The Rise of the Ordnance Survey7. Shipwrecks and Copyrights: Hydrographic Information and the UK Hydrographic Office8. 'A Painted Assemblage of Facts': Private Mapmaking in the Nineteenth Century9. The Twentieth Century: For Crown and Country10. Conclusion

Recenzii

This work is a stellar example of law in context. it is thought-provoking and enriching andbeautifully written and presented.