Moral panics and the copyright wars / / William Patry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791211003321
• Autore: Patry William F.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2009]; ©[2009]
• ISBN: 0-19-771998-8; 0-19-974394-0; 0-19-974846-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiv, 266 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.04/82
• Soggetti: Copyright - Philosophy; Moral panics; Metaphor; Property
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-251) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: HOW THE COPYRIGHT WARS ARE BEING FOUGHT AND WHY; THE ROLE OF METAPHORS IN UNDERSTANDING; METAPHORS AND THE LAW; THE MYTHICAL ORIGINS OF COPYRIGHT AND THREE FAVORITE COPYRIGHT METAPHORS; PROPERTY AS SOCIAL RELATIONS; WHY CLASSIFYING COPYRIGHT AS PROPERTY IS IMPORTANT IN THE COPYRIGHT WARS; COPYRIGHT ON STEROIDS: BEFORE BALCO; MORAL PANICS, FOLK DEVILS, AND FEAR AS A TACTICAL WEAPON; HOW INNOVATION OCCURS: CREATIVE DESTRUCTIVE AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
• Sommario/riassunto: Metaphors, moral panics, folk devils, Jack Valenti, Joseph Schumpeter, John Maynard Keynes, predictable irrationality, and free market fundamentalism are a few of the topics covered in this lively, unflinching examination of the 'Copyright Wars': the pitched battles over new technology, business models, and most of all, consumers.