A copyright masquerade : how corporate lobbying threatens online freedoms /
When thousands marched through ice and snow against a copyright treaty, their cries for free speech on the Internet shot to the heart of the European Union and forced a political U-turn. The mighty entertainment industries could only stare in dismay, their back-room plans in tatters. This highly ori...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London New York : New York :
Zed Books Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Summary: | When thousands marched through ice and snow against a copyright treaty, their cries for free speech on the Internet shot to the heart of the European Union and forced a political U-turn. The mighty entertainment industries could only stare in dismay, their back-room plans in tatters. This highly original analysis of three attempts to bring in new laws to defend copyright on the Internet - ACTA, Ley Sinde and the Digital Economy Act - investigates the dance of influence between lobbyists and their political proxies and unmasks the ... Show moresophistry of their arguments. Copyright expert Monica Horten outlines the myriad ways that lobbyists contrived to bypass democratic process and persuade politicians to take up their cause in imposing an American corporate agenda. In doing so, she argues the case for stronger transparency in copyright policy-making. A Copyright Masquerade is essential reading for anyone who cares about copyright and the Internet, and to those who care about freedom of speech and good government. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (436 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1780326432 (electronic bk.) 9781780326436 (electronic bk.) |