[opendtv] iTunes Case Study - Digital Media Project

  • From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 06:59:35 -0400

iTunes Case Study

Overview

In recent months, iTunes, Apple's Online Music Store, has become the 
pacesetter in the digital media marketplace.  Its business model 
responds to many of the current legal and technological challenges in 
online media distribution.  The Digital Media Project's Green Paper, 
iTunes: How Copyright, Contract, and Technology Shape the Business of 
Digital Media, provides an in-depth look at this service from the 
perspective of comparative law.  Members of the Digital Media 
Team examined different legal and regulatory regimes from a range of 
countries to deterimine how iTunes and services like it are likely to 
fare under different sets of norms.

By focusing on the specific iTunes example, the Case Study offers a 
concrete view of the way law, technology, and business model interact 
in the post-Napster world.  The Case Study has focused on four 
important regulatory issues:

*       Interaction between Copyright and Contract Law
*       Digital Rights Management
*       Digital First Sale Doctrine
*       Fair Use Doctrine

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http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/media/itunes
 
 
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