Digital Media & Intellectual Property - Management of Rights and Consumer Protection in a Comparative Analysis

Foreword

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Technical and Commercial Developments in Digital Media

1.1 Digital Media and Digitization

1.2 Intellectual Property: public interest or private benefit?

1.3 From mass market licenses to access contract

CHAPTER 2 Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Regulation through Law

2.1 U.S. Legal and Regulatory Framework on Digital Media: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act

2.2 EC Legal and Regulatory Framework on Digital Media: The European Copyright Directive

2.3 The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Copyright Directive: A Comparison

2.4 Legal Remedies at Work: Illegal File Swapping

2.5 Enforcement of Intellectual Property in Europe: A New Directive

CHAPTER 3 Intellectual Property in the Digital Age: Regulation through Technology

3.1 Technological Protection Measures: Privately Legislated Intellectual Property Rights?

3.2 Technological Features to Protect Access and Rights Control

3.3 Technological Protection Measures and Consumer Protection

3.4 The Role of DRMs in the EC Internal Market

3.5 Some New Business Models for Digital Media

Conclusions

References

Index

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