The digital rights movement : the role of technology in subverting digital copyright / Hector Postigo.

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Postigo, Hector.

Title & Author:

The digital rights movement : the role of technology in subverting digital copyright / Hector Postigo.

Publication:

Description:

244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

The information society series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
The national information infrastructure and the policymaking process -- Origins of the digital rights movement: The white paper and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- Part II -- Dmitry Sklyarov and the Advanced eBook Processor -- DeCSS: Origins and the Bunner Case -- DeCSS continued: The hacker ethic and the Reimerdes Case -- iTunes hacks: Hacking as a tactic in the digital rights movement -- Structure and tactics of the digital rights movement.

Summary:

The evolution of activism against the expansion of copyright in the digital domain, with case studies of resistance including eBook and iTunes hacks.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780262017954 (hardcover)
0262017954 (hardcover)

Subject:

Copyright and electronic data processing.
Digital rights management.
Hacktivism.
Internet Law and legislation.
Piracy (Copyright) Prevention.
Fair use (Copyright)
Droit d'auteur et informatique.
Gestion numérique des droits.
Hacktivism -- Law and legislation

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Information society series.

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Location: Library main 280142
Call No.: BIB 216603
Status: Available

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