Understanding Copyright: Intellectual Property in the by Bethany Klein,Giles Moss,Lee Edwards

By Bethany Klein,Giles Moss,Lee Edwards

Digital know-how has perpetually replaced the way in which media is created, accessed, shared and controlled, elevating critical questions about copyright for artists and lovers, media businesses and net intermediaries, activists and governments. Taking a rounded view of the debates that experience emerged over copyright within the electronic age, this book:

  • Looks throughout a vast variety of industries together with tune, tv and movie to contemplate problems with media energy and policy.
  • Features attractive examples that experience taken centre degree within the copyright debate, together with excessive profile criminal instances opposed to Napster and The Pirate Bay, anti-piracy campaigns, the artistic Commons move, and public protests opposed to the growth of copyright enforcement.
  • Considers either the dominant voices, similar to institutions, and people who fight to be heard, together with usual media clients, drawing on vital experiences into copyright from round the world.

Offering media scholars and students a complete review of the modern concerns surrounding highbrow estate in the course of the fight over copyright, Understanding Copyright explores why confrontation is rife and the way the policymaking method may perhaps accommodate a much wider diversity of views.

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