{"product_id":"who-invented-oscar-wilde-the-photograph-at-the-center-of-modern-american-copyright-hardcover","title":"Who Invented Oscar Wilde?: The Photograph at the Center of Modern American Copyright - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Newhoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAAP PROSE Award, Finalist in Media and Culture Studies 2021 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In early 1882, before young Oscar Wilde embarked on his lecture tour across America, he posed for publicity photos taken by a famously eccentric New York photographer named Napoleon Sarony. Few would guess that one of those photographs would become the subject of the Supreme Court case that challenged copyright protection for all photography--a constitutional question that asked how a machine-made image could possibly be a work of human creativity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Invented Oscar Wilde?\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the nature of authorship and the \"convenient fiction\" we call copyright. While a seemingly obscure topic, copyright has been a hotly contested issue almost since the day the internet became publicly accessible. The presumed obsolescence of authorial rights in this age of abundant access has fueled a debate that reaches far beyond the question of compensation for authors of works. Much of the literature on the subject is either highly academic, highly critical of copyright, or both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a light and balanced touch, David Newhoff makes a case for intellectual property law, tracing the concept of authorship from copyright's ancient beginnings to its adoption in American culture to its eventual confrontation with photography and its relevance in the digital age. Newhoff tells a little-known story that will appeal to a broad spectrum of interests while making an argument that copyright is an essential ingredient to upholding the principles on which liberal democracy is founded.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Newhoff\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer and communications consultant. As a copyright advocate he has worked with Copyright Alliance in Washington, DC; CreativeFuture in Los Angeles; and the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property at George Mason School of Law. He founded the blog \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion of More\u003c\/i\u003e and several of his essays have been cited in scholarly journals such as the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e, shared widely by legal experts and artists, and republished in \u003ci\u003eBerklee Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAllegro, \u003c\/i\u003e and in both educational textbooks and online curricula. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 9.16 x 6.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53387207639315,"sku":"9781640121584","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6300\/3667\/files\/cDUxK0xhbCtZZ0RNZTRPSmxmRmVBdz09.webp?v=1769519686","url":"https:\/\/finduslaw.com\/products\/who-invented-oscar-wilde-the-photograph-at-the-center-of-modern-american-copyright-hardcover","provider":"FindUSlaw Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}