Beschreibung:
Digital technology has forever changed the way media is created, accessed, shared and regulated, raising serious questions about copyright for artists and fans, media companies and internet intermediaries, activists and governments. Taking a rounded view of the debates that have emerged over copyright in the digital age, this book:
Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding Copyright in the Digital AgeChapter 2: A Brief History of Copyright: Where We Are and How We Got HereChapter 3: Copyright and the Creative Economy: How the Cultural Industries Exert InfluenceChapter 4: Technologies and Corporations in the Middle: How Internet Intermediaries are Drawn into the DebateChapter 5: Creative Workers and Copyright: How Current and Future Creators Benefit from Cultural LabourChapter 6: Consumers, Criminals, Patrons, Pirates: How Users Connect to CopyrightChapter 7: Copyright Policy: How Policy Represents (or Fails to Represent) Different GroupsChapter 8: The Future of Copyright: How We Can Learn from the Debate