Everyone breaks these laws
how copyrights made the online world
- ISBN: 9780300251265
- Editorial: Yale University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2025
- Lugar de la edición: New Haven. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 280
- Idiomas: Inglés
Copyright's profound impact on the online world as we know it
This book is a captivating exploration of the profound impact of American copyright law on our online lives. By telling stories about hope, art, greed, and fear and how they have affected the legal dimensions of creativity and technological change, this book uncovers the hidden forces shaping our digital world.
Gerardo Con Dìaz examines the strange world of online copyrights from the 1990s to today's AI-driven era, showing how our ability to immerse ourselves in digital media depends on the erosion of what it means for people to own their creative works, online and offline. He delves into the often overlooked impact of digital ownership on privacy and self-expression in this fascinating field guide to the complex landscape of online rights.
Part 1. Sharing. Scientology online ; The Playboy suits ; The Napster hydra
Part 2. Breaking. Cracking the code ; Broken voting machines ; SpongeBob goes to court
Part 3. Transforming. Rappers to the rescue ; Bad poems and free porn ; The biggest library
Epilogue: Coming up next
