Peter Decherney is professor of cinema studies and English at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American.
Both scholarly and readable, this will be of interest to movie history buffs and those who deal with copyright issues. Library Journal 3/15/12 A splendid new study of the legal, technological, and aesthetic wrangling over motion picture copyright wrongs and rights, particularly timely. -- Thomas Doherty Moving Image Source 8/10/12 Decherney's readable book provides a century of evidence about the complicated relationship between film, law, and power. -- Rebecca Tushnet Jotwell: Cyberlaw 9/10/12 A groundbreaking study on what has been an understudied aspect of American film history. -- Jan-Christopher Horak Archival Spaces: Memory, Images, History 9/7/12 Have you ever wondered if a book about copyright law could be as compelling as the Fifty Shades trilogy, but without BDSM scenes? Well, wonder no further. The answer, after reading Hollywood's Copyright Wars by Peter Decherney, is definitely yes. -- Eleonora Rosati Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Vol 8, No 2 ...an informative, well-written history of developments that have profoundly shaped American culture from Edison to YouTube. Highly recommended. Choice November 2012 Enjoyable and engrossing... insightful... This book is recommended for academic lawlibraries, undergraduate libraries, and public libraries. -- Jacquelyn McCloud Law Library Journal Vol 105, No 1