Authors, Users, and Pirates: Copyright Law and Subjectivity

by James Meese

Book Overview

An examination of subjectivity in copyright law, analyzing authors, users, and pirates through a relational framework.

In current debates over copyright law, the author, the user, and the pirate are almost always invoked. Some in the creative industries call for more legal protection for authors; activists and academics promote user rights and user-generated content; and online pirates openly challenge the strict enforcement of copyright...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262037440
• ISBN13: 9780262037440
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher