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Author Herman, Bill D., 1977-

Title The fight over digital rights : the politics of copyright and technology / Bill D. Herman
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 243 pages) : illustrations
Contents Lightning in a bottle -- The Audio Home Recording Act, 1987-1992 -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- A digital rights management interlude : 1999-2002 -- Digital Millennium Copyright Act reform and the broadcast flag -- Communicating in congress -- Communicating in print -- The copyright and digital rights management debate online -- Comparing the online and offline digital rights -- The digital rights management debate withers, 2007-2010 -- New strategies and a historic uprising -- The future of digital rights--and digital fights
Summary "In the political fight over copyright, Internet advocacy has reshaped the playing field. This was shown in the 2012 'SOPA blackout', when the largest online protest in history stopped two copyright bills in their tracks. This protest was the culmination of an intellectual and political evolution more than a decade in the making. This book examines the debate over digital copyright, from the late 1980s through early 2012, and the new tools of political communication involved in the advocacy around the issue. Drawing on methods from legal studies, political science and communications, it explores the rise of a coalition seeking more limited copyright, as well as how these early-adopting, technology-savvy policy advocates used online communication to shock the world. It compares key bills, congressional debates, and offline and online media coverage using quantitative and qualitative methods to create a rigorous study for researchers that is also accessible to a general audience."--Page i
Examines the debate over digital copyright and the new tools of political communication involved in the advocacy around the issue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Copyright and electronic data processing -- United States
Copyright -- United States -- Electronic information resources
Fair use (Copyright) -- United States
Copyright infringement -- United States
Information networks -- Law and legislation -- United States
Censorship -- United States
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Censorship
Copyright and electronic data processing
Copyright -- Electronic information resources
Copyright infringement
Fair use (Copyright)
Information networks -- Law and legislation
United States
Form Electronic book
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