Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- 9 Copyright, Music, and Race: The Case of Mirror Cover Recordings
- 10 They Knew It All Along: Patents, Social Justice, and Fights for Civil Rights
- 11 Copyright’s Promise of Dignity in the 19th Century
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
11 - Copyright’s Promise of Dignity in the 19th Century
from Part III - IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- 9 Copyright, Music, and Race: The Case of Mirror Cover Recordings
- 10 They Knew It All Along: Patents, Social Justice, and Fights for Civil Rights
- 11 Copyright’s Promise of Dignity in the 19th Century
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
Summary
In 1790, the same year that Congress passed the first federal copyright law, Mercy Otis Warren registered her book Poems, Dramatic & Miscellaneous for copyright protection, becoming likely the first woman to do so in the United States.1 She bequeathed the copyright in the book to her son Winslow, making clear its value to her and noting it was “the only thing I can properly call my own.”2 For Mercy Otis Warren, the copyright was not simply an economic incentive; it was her own small piece of independence – property that was her own in an era where a married woman would otherwise own nothing.
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