Digital Media & Intellectual Property (eBook)

Management of Rights and Consumer Protection in a Comparative Analysis

Nicola Lucchi (Autor)

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2006 | 2006
XVI, 171 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-36543-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The book provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of the current technical, commercial and economical development in digital media describing the impact of new business and distribution models, the current legal and regulatory framework, social practices and consumer expectations associated with the use, distribution, and control of digital media products. In particular the author analyze the anti-circumvention provisions for technological protection measures and digital rights management systems enacted in the United States and in Europe.

Inhalt

Foreword 6
Table of Contents 8
List of Abbreviations 10
Introduction 15
CHAPTER 1 Technical and Commercial Developments in Digital Media 25
1.1 Digital Media and Digitization 31
1.2 Intellectual Property: public interest or private benefit? 34
1.3 From mass market licenses to access contract 44
CHAPTER 2 Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Regulation through Law 55
2.1 U.S. Legal and Regulatory Framework on Digital Media: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act 58
2.2 EC Legal and Regulatory Framework on Digital Media: The European Copyright Directive 65
2.3 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Copyright Directive: A Comparison 76
2.4 Legal Remedies at Work: Illegal File Swapping 88
2.5 Enforcement of Intellectual Property in Europe: A New Directive 93
CHAPTER 3 Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Regulation through Technology 103
3.1 Technological Protection Measures: Privately Legislated Intellectual Property Rights? 107
3.2 Technological Features to Protect Access and Rights Control 110
3.3 Technological Protection Measures and Consumer Protection 113
3.4 The Role of DRMs in the EC Internal Market 134
3.5 Some New Business Models for Digital Media 142
Conclusions 149
References 157
Index 181
About the author 184

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.9.2006
• Zusatzinfo: XVI, 171 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Copyright Law • Digital Media • Digital rights management • digital rights management systems • Information Technology Law • intellectual property rights • Law
• ISBN-10: 3-540-36543-5 / 3540365435
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-36543-3 / 9783540365433