Copyright's Highway

by Goldstein, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780804747356
• ISBN10: 0804747350
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Stanford Law & Politics

Summary

From eighteenth-century copyright law, to current copyright issues on the Internet, to tomorrow's "celestial jukebox"--a digital repository of books, movies, and music available on demand--Paul Goldstein presents a thorough examination of the challenges facing copyright owners and users. One of the nation's leading authorities on intellectual property law, Goldstein offers an engaging, readable, and intelligent analysis of the effect of copyright on American politics, economy, and culture. Goldstein presents and analyzes key legal battles, including Supreme Court decisions on home taping and 2 Live Crew's contested sampling of Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman." In this revised edition, the author expands the discussion to cover electronic media, including an examination of recent Napster litigation, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the vexed Secure Digital Music Initiative, under which record companies attempted to develop effective encryption standards for their products.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
1.The Metaphysics of Copyright	1	(28)
2. The History of an Idea	29	(34)
3. Fifty Dollars to Collect Ten	63	(42)
4. Private Copies	105	(30)
5. The Two Cultures of Copyright	135	(28)
6. "The Answer to the Machine Is in the Machine"	163	(24)
7. The Celestial Jukebox	187	(30)
Notes	217	(14)
Index	231