Copyright and popular media : liberal villains and technological change /
spine title : Copyright and popular media.
Trajce Cvetkovski, University of Queensland, Australia.
- New York, NY : Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.
- xxii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-288) and index.
Liberalism, realism, convergence, consumption and tensions between technological and legal change -- Global governance : regulation of copyright law and policy in popular media copyright industries -- Corporate control of popular media (and culture) : competition law and policy in popular culture -- Copyright developments in popular media : doctrinal and statutory challenges -- From printing press to peer-to-peer : centuries of'modern' media piracy and the social urge for legal and illegal consumption -- A three-front war on piracy : technological protection, legal action and education programs : Null Bock Haltung? -- Occidental failure : the paradox of transglobal copyright industries in emerging economies -- The nexus between piracy and legitimate consumption : social networking, P2P file sharing and consumer empowerment -- Conclusion : reconciliation or infinite futility?.