Blockchain and Copyright

2022 ◽  
pp. 125-145
Author(s):  
Pedro Pina
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
New Model ◽  
Copyright Policy ◽  
Private Ordering ◽  
Digital Copyright ◽  
Privacy Law ◽  
The Relationship

Advances in the field of digital technology are constantly introducing new levels of controversy into copyright policy. Blockchain is the most recent technology with significative impact in digital copyright. Combined with smart contracts, blockchain enables new efficient forms of distribution of copyrighted works and also a new model of private ordering regarding the control of uses of works on the Internet. The chapter aims to examine the relationship and the most relevant intersections between blockchain, digital exploitation of copyrighted works, copyright law, and privacy law.

scholarly journals Two Comparative Perspectives on Copyright's Past and Future in the Digital Age

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Historical Development ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Copyright Policy ◽  
Digital Copyright ◽  
Social Interests ◽  
Contemporary Technology

This book review compares two recent titles on copyright law: THE COPYRIGHT WARS: THREE CENTURIES OF TRANS-ATLANTIC BATTLE by Peter Baldwin, and COPYFIGHT: THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF DIGITAL COPYRIGHT REFORM by Blayne Haggart. Both books are meticulously researched and carefully written, and each makes an excellent addition to the literature on copyright. Contrasting both titles in this joint review, however, helps to reveal a few respects in which each work is incomplete; indeed, each book occasionally reads as a critique of the other. Baldwin’s book places contemporary debates in a much deeper historical context, but in so doing overlooks some of the unique challenges contemporary technology poses to the law as well as the historically unprecedented obstacles that contemporary law raises to some forms of socially valuable innovation. Haggart’s book, in contrast, maintains a narrower focus on the contemporary era, yielding a superior accounting of the institutional and social interests now at stake in the global copyright debate, but fails in some respects to appreciate the ways in which the much lengthier course of historical development constrains future copyright policy-making. The review concludes by suggesting some respects in which both books might serve as valuable guides for copyright policy-makers at both the national and international levels.

Korean Cosmetic Surgery and Digital Publicity: Beauty by Korean Design

2011 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 146-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Davies ◽  
Gil-Soo Han
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
Export Market ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Entertainment Media ◽  
Celebrity Culture ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the relationship between digital publicity and cosmetic surgery. While focused on South Korea, it also discusses China because of the conspicuous Chinese demand for Korean cosmetic surgery in recent years. In fact, China has become the largest export market for Korean cosmetic surgery. The analysis is based on the premise that there is a vital link between cosmetic surgery and digital technology in both these countries. We argue that the celebrity culture spawned by entertainment media has facilitated the normalisation of cosmetic surgery to the extent that it is commonly viewed, quite unproblematically, as a form of human physiological enhancement. The article examines the publicity surrounding cosmetic surgery (comprising media reports, advertisements and commentaries) to see how it is presented in the Korean media and on the internet. These findings are then considered in relation to the promotion of Korean cosmetic surgery in China.

scholarly journals Copyright

2016 ◽  
Vol 98 (03) ◽  
pp. 162-164
Author(s):  
P Smart
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Film Music ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Copyright Transfer ◽  
Right To Copy ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

‘Talent is always conscious of its own abundance, and does not object to sharing.’ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The First Circle When authors submit an article for publication, most publishers will ask for a signature from the author on a copyright form. The relationship between an author and the publisher is then a partnership but one that many authors are reluctant to enter into. After all, why should a publisher take copyright from an author of an article when the author had the idea and has done all the hard work for the content of the article? In response to this question, publishers will generally claim that copyright transfer agreements protect authors from copyright infringements such as plagiarism, libel and unauthorised uses as well as protecting the integrity of the article. Copyright in the UK was originally concerned with preventing the unlawful copying of printed material in the 17th century in response to the then new technology of book printing. The first copyright act in the UK, the Statute of Anne in 1710, was subtitled ‘An Act for the Encouragement of Learning’, and granted privileges and monopolies to book printers. Since then, copyright law has evolved to incorporate many forms of communication, including photography, film, music, computers, engraving, designs on t-shirts and digital technology among other forms of media. The most recent act in the UK is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. While copyright covers an author’s right to copy, distribute and revise the work, it does not protect ideas – just their fixation or expression. The moment that an idea is fixed or expressed physically, copyright starts and does not have to be registered. In this article, Pippa Smart provides an overview of the legal framework that protects authors and publishers. Jyoti Shah, Commissioning Editor

Digital Convergence and IP Divergence

2011 ◽  
pp. 174-194
Author(s):  
Y. Tian
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Copyright Policy ◽  
Digital Convergence ◽  
Trade Wars ◽  
Trade Conflicts ◽  
The U.S

This chapter proposes a legal, political, and social framework for a nation to formulate proper copyright policy and minimize the risk of potential IP trade conflicts in the digital age. It examines the challenges that the Internet and digital technology present to the traditional copyright legal system. It reviews and compares the copyright history in the U.S. and China, and explores major rationales behind copyright policies of these two countries as well as the main reasons why they were able to avert potential IP trade wars in recent years. By drawing on their experiences, the author argues that the interest of a country is only best served by tailoring its IP regimes to its particular economic and social circumstances. The author believes a nation’s copyright policy should always strike a sound balance of IP protection and social development, and makes some specific suggestions on how to achieve this in the digital age.

Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18 Peterson v. Google & Youtube And Elsevier v. Cyando (C.J.E.U.)

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Justin Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Copyright Law ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Digital Copyright ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Digital Network ◽  
Multilateral Treaties

Since its inception, the internet has challenged many basic principles of international copyright law. While some key “digital copyright” issues have been addressed in multilateral treaties, one of the most vexing issues with the global digital network remains—the question of the responsibility of third-party intermediaries for copyright infringements by internet users.

scholarly journals Personal Readings and Public Texts: Book Blogs and Online Writing about Literature

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Steiner
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Book Trade ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sociology Of Literature ◽  
Literary Context ◽  
Social Realm ◽  
Media Systems ◽  
The Relationship

The blogging culture has become an important and integrated part of the book trade and has influenced the publishing, marketing and distribution of literature in North America and in many European countries. However, it is unclear how this potential agency among bloggers operates, and thus far most research has concerned politics, media systems and larger social structures. The present article is a study of the Swedish book blogs during the autumn of 2009 and an attempt to address a small, but significant, part of the Internet influence. The relationship between books and digital technology is complicated and manifold, but it is clear that the Internet has changed how people access books, how they read and how they communicate with others about their reading. Here, the position of the amateur is one that will be discussed in detail in terms of professionalism, strategies and hierarchies. Another issue that will be addressed is the connections between the book bloggers and the book trade, especially the publishers and their marketing departments. The book bloggers operate in a social realm, despite the fact that their writing is personal, and have to be understood in their social, economic and literary context. The Swedish book blogs will be analysed with the help of readerresponse theory, sociology of literature and a book historical perspective on the dissemination of literature.

scholarly journals Blockchain technology as a regulatory technology: From code is law to law is code

First Monday ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Primavera De Filippi ◽  
Samer Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Computer Code ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Smart Contracts ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Legal Code ◽  
Traditional Notion ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Internet Users

“Code is law” refers to the idea that, with the advent of digital technology, code has progressively established itself as the predominant way to regulate the behavior of Internet users. Yet, while computer code can enforce rules more efficiently than legal code, it also comes with a series of limitations, mostly because it is difficult to transpose the ambiguity and flexibility of legal rules into a formalized language which can be interpreted by a machine. With the advent of blockchain technology and associated smart contracts, code is assuming an even stronger role in regulating people’s interactions over the Internet, as many contractual transactions get transposed into smart contract code. In this paper, we describe the shift from the traditional notion of “code is law” (i.e., code having the effect of law) to the new conception of “law is code” (i.e., law being defined as code).

scholarly journals A Cidade entre Imagens e Imaginários: Algumas contribuições dos olhares skatistas

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (54) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Antonio Feliciano
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Hybrid Device ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Resumo:Esse trabalho discute a importância da produção visual, sobretudo, a fotografia, na constituição da imagem da cidade. Aborda, também, o papel da tecnologia digital na composição das subjetividades contemporâneas e suas contribuições para se fortalecer uma cultura urbana, mesmo em meio às limitações impostas pela sociedade. Para sua realização observou-se etnograficamente um grupo de skatistas, em uma pista de skate, numa cidade do interior de São Paulo. A importância dada ao celular foi um traço recorrente que permeou grande parte das discussões. Portar um aparelho híbrido e produzir imagens é uma maneira de contribuir para a construção do imaginário sobre a cidade, sobretudo, quando essas imagens veiculam pela internet. Acredita-se que o trabalho traz problematizações sobre os jovens na relação consigo, com o outro, com o grupo e com a cidade.Palavras-chave: Subjetividade. Cidade. Jovem. Skatista. Tecnologia  THE CITY BETWEEN IMAGES AND IMAGINARY: SOME CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SKATEBOARDERS' EYES Abstract: This work discusses the importance of visual production, especially photography, in the constitution of the city’s image. It also addresses the role of digital technology in the composition of contemporary subjectivities and its contributions to strengthening an urban culture, even amid the limitations imposed by society. For its realization it was observed ethnographically a group of skateboarders, in a skate track, in a city of the interior of São Paulo. The importance given to cellular was a recurrent trait that permeated much of the discussions. Carrying a hybrid device and producing images is a way of contributing to the construction of the imaginary about the city, especially when these images are transmitted through the internet. It is believed that the work brings problematizations about young people in the relationship with themselves, with the other, with the group and with the city.Keywords: Subjectivity. City. Young. Skater. Technology

Divine Revelation and Digital Religion

2021 ◽  
pp. 650-664
Author(s):  
Zachary Sheldon ◽  
Heidi A. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Divine Revelation ◽  
Fundamental Component ◽  
Religious Truth ◽  
Worship Practices ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter considers the relationship between divine revelation and digital religion by exploring how revelation of divine or religious truth is presented and negotiated on the internet and within digital culture. Revelation is a fundamental component of religious practice and experience and has long been studied in its relation to mediation. Digital culture offers unique resources that allow individuals to receive, engage, and share in divine revelation in digital contexts. The multiplicity of digital contexts and their blended ties to offline practices in worship practices have become known as digital religion (Campbell 2013), which can be likened to a bridge which connects and extends religious practice online into offline religious spaces and contexts. This chapter will consider how revelation is understood and enacted in different spaces of digital religion by providing an overview of Digital Religion Studies and looking at Campbell and DeLashmutt’s (2014) research on multi-site churches to offer insights into how churches structure and negotiate their digital worship practices to assist people in engaging with divine revelation. In particular, we emphasize questions of presence and authority that churches ought to consider in regard to how their use of digital technology may impact views on divine revelation in digital contexts.

CRIMINALISING COPYRIGHT: A STORY OF PUBLISHERS, PIRATES AND PIECES OF EIGHT

2007 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 625-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabella Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Intellectual Property Law ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
One Year

On 6 December 2006, the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property unveiled its much-anticipated report investigating whether intellectual property law was still “fit for purpose in an era of globalisation, digitisation and increasing economic specialisation”. The Review, which had one year in which to cover the entire field of intellectual property law, concluded that there was no need for radical overhaul of the system. However, it did make a number of recommendations for reform and one area it considered to be particularly important was strengthening enforcement of IP rights. In recent years, concerns about the inadequate enforcement of intellectual property laws have focused mainly on copyright law and the entertainment industries. More specifically, they have centred on the opportunities for copyright infringement offered by digital technology and the internet. The music industry was the first to find itself out of its depth in the brave new digital world, and the film industry quickly followed. “Piracy”, we are told, is now rife and must be fought at every opportunity.

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