Copyright Law is Obsolete
Anna Mancini
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Copyright laws worldwide were created for a publishing world where books were tangible, printed in a limited number and sold within territory based markets. Technological changes are giving place to a new book market where books are intangible, exist in unlimited number of copies and travel worldwide in an increasingly global market. In this emerging global book market made possible by the conjunction of the Internet, e-book technologies, DRM and print on demand devices, the three important legal concepts traditionally used in copyright laws have become obsolete: territory, property and the Aristotelian idea of justice. These three concepts were well suited to the tangible book market but are no longer for the virtual book market where persons matter more than objects. This book invites the reader to explore the specific functioning of the virtual economy. It proposes guidelines to modernize copyright law so that it can foster an adequate use of new communication technologies. For the first time in History, the humankind has acquired a technology that allows to create a world of information affluence and freedom of speech or its opposite.
This book explains why the option for abundance and freedom must prevail, how the law can support this movement and what would be, to the contrary, the disastrous consequences of the other option. This book goes beyond a simple reflection on the book market and considers the choice of society, even of civilization implied by the use, right or wrong, of the new communication technologies.
Duration - 1h 41m.
Author - Anna Mancini.
Narrator - Digital Voice Mike G.
Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2021 Anna Mancini ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Copyright laws worldwide were created for a publishing world where books were tangible, printed in a limited number and sold within territory based markets. Technological changes are giving place to a new book market where books are intangible, exist in unlimited number of copies and travel worldwide in an increasingly global market. In this emerging global book market made possible by the conjunction of the Internet, e-book technologies, DRM and print on demand devices, the three important legal concepts traditionally used in copyright laws have become obsolete: territory, property and the Aristotelian idea of justice. These three concepts were well suited to the tangible book market but are no longer for the virtual book market where persons matter more than objects. This book invites the reader to explore the specific functioning of the virtual economy. It proposes guidelines to modernize copyright law so that it can foster an adequate use of new communication technologies. For the first time in History, the humankind has acquired a technology that allows to create a world of information affluence and freedom of speech or its opposite. This book explains why the option for abundance and freedom must prevail, how the law can support this movement and what would be, to the contrary, the disastrous consequences of the other option. This book goes beyond a simple reflection on the book market and considers the choice of society, even of civilization implied by the use, right or wrong, of the new communication technologies. Duration - 1h 41m. Author - Anna Mancini. Narrator - Digital Voice Mike G. Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025. Copyright - © 2021 Anna Mancini ©.
Language:
English
Title Page
Duration:00:00:16
INTRODUCTION
Duration:00:01:55
PART 1: THE RAPID CHANGES IN THE BOOK MARKET OPPOSED TO THE RIGIDITY OF LAW
Duration:00:00:06
CHAPTER 1: A philosophy of law severed from reality
Duration:00:07:55
CHAPTER 2: The evolution of the concept of book from Antiquity until the present day
Duration:00:08:04
CHAPTER 3: The fundamental differences between the traditional book market and the virtual book market
Duration:00:06:47
CHAPTER 4: Information scarcity or information abundance: the choices permitted by technological progress
Duration:00:21:01
CHAPTER 5: Lessons we can draw from these examples and other observations on the transformation of publishing
Duration:00:12:40
PART 2: LEGAL PROPOSALS TO HELP DEVELOP THE VIRTUAL BOOK MARKET
Duration:00:00:59
CHAPTER 1: The status quo in the field of copyright law
Duration:00:02:51
CHAPTER 2: The traditional concept of justice is unsuited to the virtual book market
Duration:00:09:22
CHAPTER 3: The concept of intellectual property unsuited to the virtual book market
Duration:00:12:21
CHAPTER 4: The actual nature of authors’ rights, its importance in the creation of an efficient copyright law
Duration:00:03:56
CHAPTER 5: Guidelines for the modernization of copyright law
Duration:00:10:18
CONCLUSION
Duration:00:01:22
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Duration:00:01:09