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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464539403321

Autore

Postigo Hector

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , c2012

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2012]

ISBN

1-283-62978-X

0-262-30533-X

9786613942234

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

The information society series

Disciplina

345/.02662

Soggetti

Copyright and electronic data processing

Digital rights management

Hacktivism

Internet - Law and legislation

Piracy (Copyright) - Prevention

Fair use (Copyright)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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