Controlling voices : intellectual property, humanistic studies, and the Internet / TyAnna K. Herrington ; with a foreword by Jay David Bolter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herrington, TyAnna K., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright and electronic data processing--United States.

Copyright and electronic data processing.

United States.

Internet--Law and legislation--United States.

Internet.

Internet--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

xii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2001]

Summary:

TyAnna K. Herrington explains current intellectual property law and examines the effect of the Internet and ideological power on its interpretation. Promoting a balanced development of our national culture, she advocates educators' informed participation in ensuring egalitarian public access to information. She discusses the control of information and the creation of knowledge in terms of the way control functions under current property law.

Contents:

Part 1 The Law

1. Protective Control for Intellectual Products 27

2. Copyrights and Duties 35

3. Fair Use, Access, and Cultural Construction 59

4. Law and Policy: The Balance in Cyberspace 77

Part 2 Ideology and Power

5. Controlling Construction: The Internet, Law, and Humanistic Studies 87

6. Controlling Ideologies: The Internet, Law, and Humanistic Studies 112

7. The New Millennium and Controlling Voices 129.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-165) and index.

ISBN:

0809323737

0809323729

OCLC:

44461996