Postigo, Hector,

The digital rights movement : the role of technology in subverting digital copyright / Hector Postigo. - 1 PDF (256 pages). - The information society series . - Information society series. .

Includes bibliographical references 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 -- DeSS 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.

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




Mode of access: World Wide Web

9780262305334 9786613942234 128362978X 9781283629782


Fair use (Copyright)
Piracy (Copyright)--Prevention.
Internet--Law and legislation.
Hacktivism.
Digital rights management.
Copyright and electronic data processing.


Electronic books.

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