Copyright's Paradox - Couverture souple

Netanel, Neil Weinstock

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199735220 ISBN 13 : 9780199735228

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2010

Synopsis

Providing a vital economic incentive for much of society's music, art, and literature, copyright is widely considered "the engine of free expression^"--but it is also used to stifle news reporting, political commentary, historical scholarship, and even artistic expression. In Copyright's Paradox, Neil Weinstock Netanel explores the tensions between copyright law and free speech, revealing the unacceptable burdens on expression that copyright can impose. Tracing the conflict across both traditional and digital media, Netanel examines the remix and copying culture at the heart of current controversies related to the Google Book Search litigation, YouTube and MySpace, hip-hop music, and digital sampling. The author juxtaposes the dramatic expansion of copyright holders' proprietary control against the individual's newly found ability to digitally cut, paste, edit, remix, and distribute sound recordings, movies, TV programs, graphics, and texts the world over. He tests whether, in light of these and other developments, copyright still serves as a vital engine of free expression and assesses how copyright does--and does not--burden free speech. Taking First Amendment values as his lodestar, Netanel offers a crucial, timely call to redefine the limits of copyright so it can most effectively promote robust debate and expressive diversity--and he presents a definitive blueprint for how this can be accomplished.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Neil Weinstock Netanel is Professor of Law at the University of California at Los Angeles. He writes and teaches in the areas of copyright, international intellectual property, and media and telecommunications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199735220
• ISBN 13: 9780199735228
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 286
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible