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Who Owns Information?: From Privacy to Public Access
Contributor(s): Branscomb, Anne Wells (Author)
ISBN: 046509144X     ISBN-13: 9780465091447
Publisher: Basic Books
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 1995
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Annotation: 'Every word we record, every trip we make, every item we buy or order, and every move we make leaves a trace or trail. Who owns it, controls it, has access to it? Anne Wells Branscomb has written a very accessible guidebook for students, scholars, and all citizens on how to think about control of information and thus of action.'-George Gerbner, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Annenberg School of Communication
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BISAC Categories:
- Law | Reference
- Business & Economics
Dewey: 342.730
LCCN: 93044348
Lexile Measure: 1710
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" (0.63 lbs) 256 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Drawing on eleven case studies, a communications lawyer addresses the issue of who owns information, explaining the ramifications of the ownership of medical records, telephone numbers, personal names, culture, computer software, and more.