The availability of digital recording technologies and distributed file sharing systems has forever changed the expectations of everyday users with regard to digital information. At the same time, however, U.S. copyright law has shown a decided trend toward more restrictions over what we are able to do online. As a result, a gap has emerged between the reality of copyright law and the social reality of our everyday activities. Through an analysis of the legal and public debate about copyright in a digital age, this book shows how the stories told by participants shape our cultural understanding of the role of the Internet in cultural production.
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List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1: Copyright, Authorship, and the Internet 2: Rhetoric, Law, and Power in the Copyright Debate 3: Striking a Balance: Copyright Law and Technological Change 4: Property Stewardship and the Regulation of Technology 5: Inventing the Commons: The Cultural Conservancy of Intellectual Property 6: "The Tension Between Two Values": Technology vs. Intellectual Property in MGM Studios v. Grokster 7: Copyright on Campus: Shaping Digital Citizens through Anti-Piracy Messages 8: Toward a New Rhetoric of Copyright: Defining the Future of Cultural Production Appendix A: Researcher as Activist in the Digital Copyright Debate Appendix B: Copyright Legislation and Court Cases Notes Bibliography Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index.
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1. Copyright, authorship, and the internet; 2. Rhetoric, law, and power in the copyright debate; 3. Striking a balance: copyright law and technological change; 4. Property stewardship and the regulation of technology; 5. Inventing the commons: the cultural conservancy of intellectual property; 6. "The tension between two values": technology vs. intellectual property in MGM studios v. Grokster; 7. Copyright on campus: shaping digital citizens through anti-piracy messages; 8. Toward a new rhetoric of copyright: defining the future of cultural production.
Copyright, authorship, and the internet Rhetoric, law, and power in the copyright debate Striking a balance : copyright law and technological change Property stewardship and the regulation of technology Inventing the commons : the cultural conservancy of intellectual property "The tension between two values" : technology vs. intellectual property in MGM Studios v. Grokster Copyright on campus : shaping digital citizens through anti-piracy messages Toward a new rhetoric of copyright : defining the future of cultural production.