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Digital copyright and the consumer revolution: hands off my iPod

By Matthew Rimmer

Book information

Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Year
2007
ISBN
1845429486, 9781845429485, 085793371X, 9780857933713, 1847207146, 9781847207142
LCC
KF3030.1.R56 2007
Google Books ID
1ONyncVruj8C
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1489967 bytes)
Pages
377\376
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book documents and evaluates the growing consumer revolution against digital copyright law, and makes a unique theoretical contribution to the debate surrounding this issue.With a focus on recent US copyright law, the book charts the consumer rebellion against the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act 1998 (US) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (US). The author explores the significance of key judicial rulings and considers legal controversies over new technologies, such as the iPod, TiVo, Sony Playstation II, Google Book Search, and peer-to-peer networks. The book also highlights cultural developments, such as the emergence of digital sampling and mash-ups, the construction of the BBC Creative Archive, and the evolution of the Creative Commons.Digital Copyright and the Consumer Revolution will be of prime interest to academics, law students and lawyers interested in the ramifications of copyright law, as well as policymakers given its focus upon recent legislative developments and reform proposals. The book will also appeal to librarians, information managers, creative artists, consumers, technology developers, and other users of copyright material.

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