[opendtv] The state of copyright activism
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 17:10:04 -0400
The state of copyright activism
by Siva Vaidhyanathan
Abstract
One of the great hopes I had while I researched and wrote Copyrights
and copywrongs (New York: New York University Press, 2001), a
cultural history of American copyright, during the late 1990s was
that copyright debates might puncture the bubble of public
consciousness and become important global policy questions. My wish
has come true. Since 1998 questions about whether the United States
has constructed an equitable or effective copyright system frequently
appear on the pages of daily newspapers. Activist movements for both
stronger and looser copyright systems have grown in volume and furor.
And the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in early 2003 that the foundations
of American copyright, as expressed in the Constitution, are barely
relevant in an age in which both media companies and clever consumers
enjoy unprecedented power over the use of works.
Contents
Introduction
Political success, actual failure
Effects on teaching and scholarship
Opposition emerges and organizes
The brilliance of real copyright
Eldred v. Ashcroft
Building a better system
Conclusion
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_4/siva/index.html
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