1st Edition
Wanted, More than Human Intellectual Property Animal Authors and Human Machines
By Johanna Gibson
Copyright 2025
524 Pages
by
Routledge
524 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book analyses animal creativity in order to unsettle the dominant assumptions that underpin current ideas of authorship and ownership in intellectual property.
Drawing upon theories of animal behaviour and cognitive ethology, the book exposes and disrupts the anthropocentrism that informs prevailing assumptions about creativity, intentionality, and authorship within the field of... Read more
Part 1 The Philosopher 1. A Word between Us 2. The Common Touch 3. What Is It Like To Be an Author? Part 2 The Ants 4. Ant People 5. A Theory of Everything 6. Pay Attention, Stupid Part 3 Mercury 7. Turn to Play 8. All Authors Are Liars 9. The Gods Must Be Playful Law's Anecdote Epilogue
Biography
Johanna Gibson is Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
