9783540365419 9783540365433 3540365435 1429412917 electronic book 9781429412919 electronic book 6610717044 9786610717040
Alternate Call Number
N 721 LUC.D
Summary
"The book provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of the current technical, commercial and economical developments in digital media. It describes the impact of new business and distribution models, the current legal and regulatory framework, social practices and consumer expectations associated with the use, distribution, and control of digital media products. In particular, the author analyzes the anti-circumvention provisions for technological protection measures and digital rights management systems enacted in the United States and in Europe, and their impact consumer protection policy. The book concludes with an overview of the effects, and the possible solutions, under U.S. and EU law, posed by using contractual arrangements to expand intellectual property rights."--BOOK JACKET.
Note
Humanities, Social Science and Law (Springer-11648).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-165) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Technical and commercial developments in digital media; 2. Intellectual property in the digital age: regulation throught law; 3. Intellectual property in the digital age: regulation throught technology.
"The book provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of the current technical, commercial and economical developments in digital media. It describes the impact of new business and distribution models, the current legal and regulatory framework, social practices and consumer expectations associated with the use, distribution, and control of digital media products. In particular, the author analyzes the anti-circumvention provisions for technological protection measures and digital rights management systems enacted in the United States and in Europe, and their impact consumer protection policy. The book concludes with an overview of the effects, and the possible solutions, under U.S. and EU law, posed by using contractual arrangements to expand intellectual property rights."--BOOK JACKET.