LEADER 04026nam 2200553 450 001 9910453446303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-974846-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001204565 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087721 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4703390 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4703390 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273839 035 $a(OCoLC)953456903 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001204565 100 $a20161012h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMoral panics and the copyright wars /$fWilliam Patry 210 1$aOxford, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d[2009] 210 4$dİ[2009] 215 $a1 online resource (xxiv, 266 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-538564-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-251) and index. 327 $aHOW 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 330 $aMetaphors, 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. 330 $bMetaphors, 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. 606 $aCopyright$xPhilosophy 606 $aMoral panics 606 $aMetaphor 606 $aProperty 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCopyright$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aMoral panics. 615 0$aMetaphor. 615 0$aProperty. 676 $a346.04/82 700 $aPatry$b William F.$0903447 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453446303321 996 $aMoral panics and the copyright wars$92019716 997 $aUNINA