Copyright And Other Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen And the Commodification of Creativity

Contributors identified only by name examine the issue of copyright against the background of Danish writer Anderson (1805-75), who died shortly before the first international copyright treaties were adopted. Their topics include real nightingales and mechanical reproductions, adaptations with integrity, what he might say about copyright today, whether the logic of open source should be applied to digital cultural goods, and imaging a world without copyright. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)