Sanctioning Infringement: How Disingenuous Copyright Law Protects Monopoly at the Expense of Consumer Expectations

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Kowal
Keyword(s):  
Copyright Law ◽  
Consumer Expectations

Understanding Copyright Law

ASHA Leader ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (16) ◽  
pp. 6-19
Author(s):  
Jennifer Horner
Keyword(s):  
Copyright Law

The Present Status of Soviet Copyright Law

1975 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. P. Gavrilov
Keyword(s):  
Present Status ◽  
Copyright Law

Digital Copyright

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Litman
Keyword(s):  
Motion Picture ◽  
General Public ◽  
File Sharing ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Digital Copyright ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Copyright Laws

The general public is used to thinking of copyright (if it thinks of it at all) as marginal and arcane. But copyright is central to our society’s information policy and affects what we can read, view, hear, use, or learn. In 1998 Congress enacted new laws greatly expanding copy owners’ control over individuals’ private uses of their works. The efforts to enforce these new rights laws have resulted in highly publicized legal battles between established media, including major record labels and motion picture studios, and upstart internet companies such as MP3.com and Napster.In this book, I question whether copyright laws crafted by lawyers and their lobbyists really make sense for the vast majority of us. Should every interaction between ordinary consumers and copyright-protected works be restricted by law? Is it practical to enforce such laws, or expect consumers to obey them? What are the effects of such laws on the exchange of information in a free society? My critique exposes the 1998 copyright law as an incoherent patchwork. I argues for reforms that reflect the way people actually behave in their daily digital interactions.The Maize Books edition includes both an afterword written in 2006 exploring the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing and a new Postscript reflecting on the consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as it nears its twentieth birthday.

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