Copyright's Paradox

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-973522-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 442 g

Prospective courses: The First Amendment and the Internet, Princeton; Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Electronic Age (TWC451/551), Arizona State University; Copyright Wars & Music, Michigan State University College of Law; Advanced Seminar On Copyright Law (LAW 7822-01), Chapman University School of Law; Intellectual Property in Cyberspace, Harvard; The First Amendment and the Internet, Seattle University School of Law Conferences: LASA, AALS, AALL, NCA, ICA, APSA, ABA, FIIPL, INTA,
AIPLA
Selling point: Presents a lucid, accessible, and comprehensive discussion about the ongoing conflict between copyright law and free speech, while positing concrete solutions to resolve the disputes
Selling point: The battle between corporations who fiercely protect copyright and the proponents of the First Amendment has grown increasingly contentious, and is a frequent presence in national headlines and op-ed pages

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.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of intellectual property, copyright law, constitutional law, media and free speech, and communications; copyright lawyers and industry executives with an interest in current policy issues; general readers concerned with copyright and free speech, especially those with an interest in the high profile lawsuits involving Google, file sharing, and other controversies over copyright infringement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Netanel, Neil Weinstock

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationaler Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien-, IT- und Urheberrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Netanel, Neil Weinstock
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.

Neil Weinstock Netanel, Professor of Law, Univeristy of California at Los Angeles

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.