The digital rights movement : the role of technology in subverting digital copyright

The digital rights movement : the role of technology in subverting digital copyright / Hector Postigo.

The evolution of activism against the expansion of copyright in the digital domain, with case studies of resistance including eBook and iTunes hacks.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Postigo, Hector
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, ©2012.
Series:	Information society series.
Subjects:	Copyright and electronic data processing. Digital rights management. Hacktivism. Internet > Law and legislation. Piracy (Copyright) > Prevention. Fair use (Copyright) Copyright law. Impact of science & technology on society. Digital TV & media centres: consumer/user guides. LAW > Criminal Law > General. COMPUTERS > Digital Media > General. Copyright and electronic data processing Digital rights management Hacktivism Internet > Law and legislation
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Table of Contents:

The national information infrastructure and the policymaking process
Origins of the digital rights movement: The white paper and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Part II
Dmitry Sklyarov and the Advanced eBook Processor
DeCSS: Origins and the Bunner Case
DeSS continued: The hacker ethic and the Reimerdes Case
iTunes hacks: Hacking as a tactic in the digital rights movement
Structure and tactics of the digital rights movement.