Copyright governance is in a state of flux because the boundaries between legal and illegal consumption have blurred. Trajce Cvetkovski interrogates the disorganizational effects of piracy and emerging technologies on the political economy of copyright in popular music, film and gaming industries.Abbreviations Cases Statutory instruments PART I: SETTING THE SCENE 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 PART II: PROBLEMS WITH NEIGHBOURS - UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE TO CORPORATE CONTROL 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 - Bock Haltung? Occidental Failure: The Paradox of Transglobal Copyright Industries in Emerging Economies PART III: PROSPECTS FOR COPYRIGHT POLICY AND CONSUMPTION IN POPULAR MEDIA The Nexus between Piracy and Legitimate Consumption: Social Networking, P2P File Sharing and Consumer Empowerment Concluding Remarks on Technology and the Law: Neighbour Reconciliation or Infinite Futility? Index
'We live in an era in which convergence of the internet, the digitalization of popular media and dominant attitudes toward personal freedom has created the perfect storm for the corporate entertainment media. This book provides innovative answers to the vexed questions of copyright and digital media piracy from the perspectives of the social sciences and copyright law.' - Paul Boreham, Professor of Political Science, University of Queensland, Australia
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