This collection of essays takes three separate but interrelated looks at the development of collective licensing in text publishing, and was published in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the final appellate decision in the case of American Geophysical Union et al. v. Texaco Inc. Essays include:
- Publishing as Embodiment of Licensing by Lois Wasoff
- Evolution of Copyright Law from Guild and Printing Monopolies to Human and Natural Rights by Mark Seeley
- History of CCC and Relevance to Texaco Case by R. Bruce Rich
