How to fix copyright / William Patry.

The arrival of the Internet was revolutionary, and one of the most tumultuous developments that flowed from it--the upending of the relatively settled world of copyright law--has forced us to completely rethink how rights to a work are allocated and how delivery formats affect an originator's c...

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Main Author: Patry, William F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Genre/Form:dissertations, Academic theses
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Summary:The arrival of the Internet was revolutionary, and one of the most tumultuous developments that flowed from it--the upending of the relatively settled world of copyright law--has forced us to completely rethink how rights to a work are allocated and how delivery formats affect an originator's claims to the work. Most of the disputes swirling around novel Internet media delivery systems, from Napster to Youtube to the Google Book Project, derive from our views on what constitutes a proper understanding of copyright. Who has the right to a work, and to what extent should we protect a rights hold.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 323 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199921119
0199921113
9781283428071
1283428075
9780190259938
0190259930