Digital Copyright and the Consumer Revolution: Hands Off My IPod

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Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007. gada 1. janv. - 384 lappuses
A very helpful and accessible collection of contemporary issues in digital copyright law. . . Rimmer s book is quite possibly the most enjoyable and easy to read guide to selected issues of digital copyright law on the market today. . . Its core strength

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Introduction
1
the copyright term and the public domain
24
timeshifting and spaceshifting
60
copyright law and peertopeer networks
93
copyright law digital sampling and mashups
131
copyright law and technological protection measures
158
copyright law and intermediary liability
190
search or destroy?
225
the creative commons and its discontents
261
a consumers manifesto the declaration of innovation independence
296
Bibliography
307
Index
357

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Matthew Rimmer, Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

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