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“Digital technologies have given society an extraordinary cultural potential. If that potential is to be made real, we must reconcile it with the legitimate and important claims of copyright. In this beautifully written and careful work, Fisher, more completely than anyone else, maps the choices that we might make. He argues for a choice that would produce enormous social good. And while not everyone will agree with the conclusions he draws, no one who cares seriously about creators or culture can ignore the framework that he has set. There are choices that we as a society must make. And as Rawls did in political theory, or Milton Friedman did in economics, Fisher provides an understanding that will color policy analysis for the generations to come.”—Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School
“The strength of this book is Fisher's willingness to step above the political fray to solve problems. He has produced one of the most important books in media studies and law in some years. It is refreshing, bold, and provocative. We need it badly.” —Siva Vaidhyanathan, Director of Communication Studies, Department of Culture and Communication, New York University
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During the past fifteen years, changes in the technologies used to make and store audio and video recordings, combined with the communication revolution associated with the Internet, have generated an extraordinary array of new ways in which music and movies can be produced and distributed. Both the creators and the consumers of entertainment products stand to benefit enormously from the new systems.
Sadly, we have failed thus far to avail ourselves of these opportunities. Instead, much energy has been devoted to interpreting or changing legal rules in hopes of defending older business models against the threats posed by the new technologies. These efforts to plug the multiplying holes in the legal dikes are failing and the entertainment industry has fallen into crisis.
This provocative book chronicles how we got into this mess and presents three alternative proposals—each involving a combination of legal reforms and new business models—for how we could get out of it.
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In June 2001, I gave my younger daughter a new laptop computer as a high-school graduation present. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
noninteractive streaming, phantom edit, alternative compensation system, registered recordings, copyrighted sound recordings, copyrighted recordings, contributory copyright infringement, recorded entertainment, substantial noninfringing uses, music lockers, coop members, full social value, vicarious infringement, digital audio recording device, semiotic democracy, proposed regime, new technological environment, production entity, real property rights, copyright statute, entertainment products, compulsory licenses, performing rights organizations, contributory infringement, personal video recorders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Copyright Office, Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Joshua Redman, Harry Fox Agency, Audio Home Recording Act, Live Crew, Warner Bros, Berne Convention, Federal Communications Commission, First Amendment, Paul Simon, Star Wars, Chris Smither, Motion Picture Association of America, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Robert Redford, Robinson-Patman Act New!
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In June 2001, I gave my younger daughter a new laptop computer as a high-school graduation present. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
noninteractive streaming, phantom edit, alternative compensation system, registered recordings, copyrighted sound recordings, copyrighted recordings, contributory copyright infringement, recorded entertainment, substantial noninfringing uses, music lockers, coop members, full social value, vicarious infringement, digital audio recording device, semiotic democracy, proposed regime, new technological environment, production entity, real property rights, copyright statute, entertainment products, compulsory licenses, performing rights organizations, contributory infringement, personal video recorders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Copyright Office, Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Joshua Redman, Harry Fox Agency, Audio Home Recording Act, Live Crew, Warner Bros, Berne Convention, Federal Communications Commission, First Amendment, Paul Simon, Star Wars, Chris Smither, Motion Picture Association of America, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Robert Redford, Robinson-Patman Act New!
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- Casenote Legal Briefs: Intellectual Property - Keyed to Merges, Menell & Lemley by Merges on 7 pages
- Hit Men by Fredric Dannen on 5 pages
- The Recording Industry: 2nd Edition by Geoffrey Hull on 4 pages
- All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Fifth Edition by Donald S. Passman in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis by Harold L. Vogel in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Multimedia Security Technologies for Digital Rights Management by Wenjun Zeng on page 22, and page 71
- Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig in Back Matter
- Hollywood's Road to Riches by David Waterman in Back Matter
- Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace, Version 2.0 by Lawrence Lessig in Back Matter
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