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Copyright's Paradox
Copyright's Paradox
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Providing a vital economic incentive for much of society's music, art, and literature, copyright is widely considered the engine of free expression--but it is also used to stifle news reporting, political commentary, historical scholarship, and even artistic expression. In Copyright's
Paradox, Neil Weinstock Netanel explores the tensions between copyright law and free speech, revealing the unacceptable burdens on expression that copyright can impose. Tracing the conflict across both traditional and digital media, Netanel examines the remix and copying culture at the heart of
current controversies related to the Google Book Search litigation, YouTube and MySpace, hip-hop music, and digital sampling. The author juxtaposes the dramatic expansion of copyright holders' proprietary control against the individual's newly found ability to digitally cut, paste, edit, remix, and
distribute sound recordings, movies, TV programs, graphics, and texts the world over. He tests whether, in light of these and other developments, copyright still serves as a vital engine of free expression and assesses how copyright does--and does not--burden free speech. Taking First Amendment
values as his lodestar, Netanel offers a crucial, timely call to redefine the limits of copyright so it can most effectively promote robust debate and expressive diversity--and he presents a definitive blueprint for how this can be accomplished.
Author: Neil Weinstock Netanel
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/14/2008
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.44w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9780195137620
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2008 pg. 8
Paradox, Neil Weinstock Netanel explores the tensions between copyright law and free speech, revealing the unacceptable burdens on expression that copyright can impose. Tracing the conflict across both traditional and digital media, Netanel examines the remix and copying culture at the heart of
current controversies related to the Google Book Search litigation, YouTube and MySpace, hip-hop music, and digital sampling. The author juxtaposes the dramatic expansion of copyright holders' proprietary control against the individual's newly found ability to digitally cut, paste, edit, remix, and
distribute sound recordings, movies, TV programs, graphics, and texts the world over. He tests whether, in light of these and other developments, copyright still serves as a vital engine of free expression and assesses how copyright does--and does not--burden free speech. Taking First Amendment
values as his lodestar, Netanel offers a crucial, timely call to redefine the limits of copyright so it can most effectively promote robust debate and expressive diversity--and he presents a definitive blueprint for how this can be accomplished.
Author: Neil Weinstock Netanel
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/14/2008
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.44w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9780195137620
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 03/15/2008 pg. 8
About the Author
Neil Weinstock Netanel is Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. He writes and teaches in the areas of copyright, international intellectual property, and media and telecommunications.
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