Introduction: Hans Christian Andersen, best of story tellers&Helle Porsdam 1
1 (Re)creativity: how creativity lives&Lawrence Lessig 15
2 On real nightingales and mechanical reproductions&Stina Teilmann 23
3 Bleak House or Great Expectations? The literary author as a stakeholder in nineteenth-century international copyright politics&Uma Suthersanen 40
4 Adaptations with integrity&Leslie Kim Treiger-Bar-Am 61
5 What might Hans Christian Andersen say about copyright today?&Fiona Macmillan 83
6 Hans Christian Andersen and the protection of traditional cultural expressions&Michael Blakeney 108
7 Should the logic of 'open source' be applied to digital cultural goods? An exploratory essay&Lee Davis 129
8 Imagining a world without copyright: the market and temporary protection, a better alternative for artists and the public domain&Marieke van Schijndel and Joost Smiers 147
Index 165