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The knockoff economy : how imitation sparks innovation / Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman.

By: Raustiala, Kal.
Contributor(s): Sprigman, Christopher Jon.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780195399783 (hardback : alk. paper); 0195399781 (hardback : alk. paper).Other title: How imitation sparks innovation.Subject(s): Piracy (Copyright) -- United States | Piracy (Copyright) -- Economic aspects -- United States | Copyright -- United States | Intellectual property -- United States | Copyright -- Music -- United States | Sound recordings -- Pirated editions -- United StatesDDC classification: 364.16/62
Contents:
Knockoffs and fashion victims -- Cuisine, copying, and creativity -- Comedy vigilantes -- Football, fonts, finance, and feist -- Conclusion : copies and creativity -- Epilogue : the future of music.
Summary: Examines the relationship between imitation and innovation. The authors argue that creativity thrives in the face of copying and knockoffs.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 364.1662 R193 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003136421

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Knockoffs and fashion victims -- Cuisine, copying, and creativity -- Comedy vigilantes -- Football, fonts, finance, and feist -- Conclusion : copies and creativity -- Epilogue : the future of music.

Examines the relationship between imitation and innovation. The authors argue that creativity thrives in the face of copying and knockoffs.

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