The Rhetoric of Intellectual Property: Copyright Law and the Regulation of Digital Culture

Author:   Jessica Reyman (Northern Illinois University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415636445


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   13 November 2012
Format:   Paperback
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The Rhetoric of Intellectual Property: Copyright Law and the Regulation of Digital Culture


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"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 analysis of the competing rhetorical frameworks about copyright regulation in a digital age, this book shows how the stories told by active parties in the debate shape our cultural understanding of what is and is not acceptable in the use of copyrighted works on digital networks. Reyman posits recent legal developments as sites of conflict between competing value systems in our culture: one of control, relying heavily on comparisons of intellectual property to physical property, and emphasizing ownership, theft, and piracy, and the other a value of community, implementing new concepts such as that of an intellectual ""commons,"" and emphasizing exchange, collaboration, and responsibility to a public good. Reyman argues that the rhetoric of the digital copyright debate, namely the rhetorical positioning of technology as destructive to creative and intellectual production, has profound implications for the future of digital culture."

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Author:   Jessica Reyman (Northern Illinois University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.350kg
ISBN:  

9780415636445


ISBN 10:   0415636442
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   13 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1: Copyright, Authorship, and the Internet 2: Rhetoric, Law, and Power in the Copyright Debate 3: Striking a Balance: Copyright Law and Technological Change 4: Property Stewardship and the Regulation of Technology 5: Inventing the Commons: The Cultural Conservancy of Intellectual Property 6: ""The Tension Between Two Values"": Technology vs. Intellectual Property in MGM Studios v. Grokster 7: Copyright on Campus: Shaping Digital Citizens through Anti-Piracy Messages 8: Toward a New Rhetoric of Copyright: Defining the Future of Cultural Production Appendix A: Researcher as Activist in the Digital Copyright Debate Appendix B: Copyright Legislation and Court Cases Notes Bibliography Index"

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'... a well conceived book.' - The IP Law Book Review


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Jessica Reyman is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Writing in the Department of English at Northern Illinois University.

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