Copyright's Highway: From Gutenberg to the Celestial Jukebox
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Summary
Copyright's Highway follows the history and changing reach of copyright from Gutenberg’s press to the digital-age “Celestial Jukebox.” Goldstein presents copyright as a subject shaped by media and technology.
Why this book now
As books, music, and other works move through digital systems, Goldstein’s historical route clarifies how copyright’s questions developed.
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- You enjoy intellectual-property history grounded in the shift from Gutenberg to digital media.
- You like concise general-interest books that connect copyright to changing technology.
- You want a novel, memoir, or narrative driven by characters rather than an account of copyright.
- You prefer a narrowly focused legal treatise over a broad historical view of copyright’s development.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780809053810
Worth buying if: You enjoy intellectual-property history grounded in the shift from Gutenberg to digital media.
Skip it if: You want a novel, memoir, or narrative driven by characters rather than an account of copyright.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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At 261 pages, this is a focused nonfiction read, but its historical scope invites attention to changing media and copyright concepts.
What stands out here
This Farrar Straus & Giroux edition was published in 1995 and runs 261 pages.
Best way to approach it
Read it as a historical passage between media eras, keeping Gutenberg and the “Celestial Jukebox” in view as organizing landmarks.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780809053810
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