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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815320403321

Autore

Eko Lyombe

Titolo

American exceptionalism, the French exception, and digital media law / / Lyombe Eko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md. ; ; Plymouth, England, : Lexington Books, c2013

ISBN

1-4985-5717-1

0-7391-8113-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

342.440853

Soggetti

Privacy, Right of - France

Privacy, Right of - United States

Freedom of speech - France - History

Freedom of speech - United States - History

Internet - Law and legislation - France

Internet - Law and legislation - United States

Computer networks - Security measures

Mass media - Law and legislation

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

Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Freedom of Expression in the United States and France; 3 American Exceptionalism and Internet Law; 4 The French Exception (L'Exception Française) and Media Law; 5 New Media, Same Old Sex Scandals; 6 Intellectual Property Law and the Transfer of Collective Journalistic Works from Real Space to Cyberspace; 7 New Media, Old Interest Groups; 8 Google Books, "Linguistic Capitalism," and the Exceptional Intellectual Property Law Regimes of the United States and France

9 Intellectual Property, Freedom of Expression, and the Internet "Gripe Sites" Phenomenon in the United States and FranceSelected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores and explains sameness and difference between the United States and France in the matters of freedom of expression on the Internet, the management of the tensions that arise between



freedom of expression and the right of privacy of public figures, the comparative role of interest groups in the regulation of Internet content in both countries, the intellectual property implications of the digitization and transfer of journalistic works from print to searchable electronic databases, how courts in the United States and France managed the copyright issues that