Mr Micawber anticipates Feist: transformations of mental labour.

Julian Warner

Mr Micawber anticipates Feist: transformations of mental labour.

Julian Warner

Queen's Business School (QBS)

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This paper traces transformations of mental labour and its distribution between human and machine from Mr Micawber's parody of arithmetical calculation (result happiness) in the mid-19th century to the late 20th century judgment of the Supreme Court of United States in Feist v. Rural (1991), concerned with copyright in databases.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical humanist perspectives
Subtitle of host publication	The integrational turn in philosophy of language and communication
Editors	Adrian Pable
Place of Publication	London and New York
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	173-188
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315621760
ISBN (Print)	9781138656710
Publication status	Published - 18 May 2017

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Name	Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory
Publisher	Routledge

Keywords

Copyright
Mental labour
Information technology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

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Mr Micawber anticipates Feist: transformations of mental labour. / Warner, Julian.
Critical humanist perspectives: The integrational turn in philosophy of language and communication. ed. / Adrian Pable. London and New York: Routledge, 2017. p. 173-188 (Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory).

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