Digital Media & Intellectual Property (eBook)

Foreword 6
Table of Contents 8
List of Abbreviations 10
Introduction 15
CHAPTER 1 Technical and Commercial Developments in Digital Media 25
1.1 Digital Media and Digitization 31
1.2 Intellectual Property: public interest or private benefit? 34
1.3 From mass market licenses to access contract 44
CHAPTER 2 Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Regulation through Law 55
2.1 U.S. Legal and Regulatory Framework on Digital Media: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act 58
2.2 EC Legal and Regulatory Framework on Digital Media: The European Copyright Directive 65
2.3 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Copyright Directive: A Comparison 76
2.4 Legal Remedies at Work: Illegal File Swapping 88
2.5 Enforcement of Intellectual Property in Europe: A New Directive 93
CHAPTER 3 Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Regulation through Technology 103
3.1 Technological Protection Measures: Privately Legislated Intellectual Property Rights? 107
3.2 Technological Features to Protect Access and Rights Control 110
3.3 Technological Protection Measures and Consumer Protection 113
3.4 The Role of DRMs in the EC Internal Market 134
3.5 Some New Business Models for Digital Media 142
Conclusions 149
References 157
Index 181
About the author 184