04026nam 2200553 450 991045344630332120200520144314.00-19-974846-2(CKB)2550000001204565(StDuBDS)AH24087721(MiAaPQ)EBC4703390(Au-PeEL)EBL4703390(CaPaEBR)ebr11273839(OCoLC)953456903(EXLCZ)99255000000120456520161012h20092009 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMoral panics and the copyright wars /William PatryOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,[2009]©[2009]1 online resource (xxiv, 266 p.) Includes index.0-19-538564-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-251) and index.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 TECHNOLOGIESMetaphors, 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.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. In Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars, William Patry lays bare how we got to where we are: a bloated, punitive legal regime that has strayed far from its modest, but important roots. Patry demonstrates how copyright is a utilitarian government program - not a property or moral right. As a government program, copyright must be regulated and held accountable to ensure it is serving its public purpose. Just as Wall Street must serve Main Street, neither can copyright be left to a Reaganite "magic of the market." The way we have come to talk about copyright - metaphoric language demonizing everyone involved - has led to bad business and bad policy decisions. Unless we recognize that the debates over copyright are debates over business models, we will never be able to make the correct business and policy decisions. A centrist and believer is appropriately balanced copyright laws, Patry concludes that calls for strong copyright laws, just like calls for weak copyright laws, miss the point entirely: the only laws we need are effective laws, laws that further the purpose of encouraging the creation of new works and learning. Our current regime, unfortunately, creates too many bad incentives, leading to bad conduct. Just as President Obama has called for re-tooling and re-imagining the auto industry, Patry calls for a remaking of our copyright laws so that they may once again be respected.CopyrightPhilosophyMoral panicsMetaphorPropertyElectronic books.CopyrightPhilosophy.Moral panics.Metaphor.Property.346.04/82Patry William F.903447MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453446303321Moral panics and the copyright wars2019716UNINA