In this scholarly yet highly accessible work, Eva Hemmungs Wirten traces three main themes within the scope of cultural ownership: au- thorship as one of the basic features of print culture, the use of intellec- tual property rights as a privileged instrument of control, and, finally, globalization as a precondition under which both operate. Underwrit- ten by rapid technological change and increased global interdepend- ence, intellectual property rights are designed to protect a production that is no longer industrial, but informational
