In this work, the author argues that current copyright law is not effective in the digital age and must be revised to encourage creation of new works, increase learning, and enhance access to information. The arrival of the Internet was revolutionary, and one of the most tumultu…
The doctrine of moral rights is based on the idea that authors have a special bond with their own creative work. This work comprehensively addresses the role of moral rights in an environment of digital technology, identifying the challenges and confronting moral rights in a dig…
"In the political fight over copyright, internet advocacy has reshaped the playing field. This was shown most dramatically in the 2012 'SOPA blackout, ' when the largest online protest in history stopped two copyright bills in their tracks. For those not already familiar with th…
"Vigorous public debate about intellectual property has a long history. In this assessment of the shifting relationships between the law and the economic, social and cultural sources of creativity and innovation during the long-nineteenth century, Megan Richardson and Julian Tho…
"Vigorous public debate about intellectual property has a long history. In this assessment of the shifting relationships between the law and the economic, social and cultural sources of creativity and innovation during the long-nineteenth century, Megan Richardson and Julian Tho…
The advancement of innovative education, librarianship, and scholarship has become increasingly entangled with copyright law. Research and education seem to be routinely reinvented with the creation of new software and technological devices. Private agreements are becoming a dom…
Metaphors, moral panics, folk devils, Jack Valenti, Joseph Schumpeter, John Maynard Keynes, predictable irrationality, and free market fundamentalism are a few of the topics covered in this lively, unflinching examination of the 'Copyright Wars': the pitched battles over new tec…