The Digital Rights Movement The Role of Technology in Subverting Digital Copyright

The movement against restrictive digital copyright protection arose largely in response to the excesses of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. In The Digital Rights Movement , Hector Postigo shows that what began as an assertion of consumer rights to digital content has become somet...

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Main Author: Postigo, Hector
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge MIT Press 2012
The MIT Press
Edition:1
Series:The Information Society Series
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ISBN:9780262017954, 0262017954, 026230533X, 9780262305334
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents 1: Introduction 2: The National Information Infrastructure and the Policymaking Process 3: Origins of the Digital Rights Movement: [Part II Introduction] 4: Dmitry Sklyarov and the Advanced eBook Processor 5: DeCSS: 6: DeCSS Continued: 7: iTunes Hacks: 8: Structure and Tactics of the Digital Rights Movement 9: Conclusion Appendix Notes References Index
  • Intro -- The Information Society Series -- Contents -- Part I -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The National Information Infrastructure and the Policymaking Process -- 3 Origins of the Digital Rights Movement: The White Paper and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- Part II -- 4 Dmitry Sklyarov and the Advanced eBook Processor -- 5 DeCSS: Origins and the Bunner Case -- 6 DeCSS Continued: The Hacker Ethic and the Reimerdes Case -- 7 iTunes Hacks: Hacking as a Tactic in the Digital Rights Movement -- 8 Structure and Tactics of the Digital Rights Movement -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index