The rhetoric of intellectual property : copyright law and the regulation of digital culture / Jessica Reyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reyman, Jessica, 1977- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ; 3.

Routledge studies in rhetoric and communication ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright--United States.

Copyright.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years we have witnessed a rising tension between the open architecture of the Internet and legal restrictions for online activities. The impact of digital recording technologies and distributed file sharing systems has forever changed the expectations of everyday users with regard to digital information. At the same time, however, U.S. Copyright Law has shown a decided trend toward more restrictions over what we are able to do with digital materials. As a result, a gap has emerged between the reality of copyright law and the social reality of our everyday activities. Through an analy

Contents:

Copyright, authorship, and the internet

Rhetoric, law, and power in the copyright debate

Striking a balance : copyright law and technological change

Property stewardship and the regulation of technology

Inventing the commons : the cultural conservancy of intellectual property

"The tension between two values" : technology vs. intellectual property in MGM Studios v. Grokster

Copyright on campus : shaping digital citizens through anti-piracy messages

Toward a new rhetoric of copyright : defining the future of cultural production.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-171) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-16053-8

1-135-16055-4

1-135-16056-2

1-282-97420-3

9786612974205

0-203-85792-5

OCLC:

569384389