Big copyright versus the people
how major content providers are destroying creativity and how to stop them
- ISBN: 9781108401593
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2018
- Lugar de la edición: Cambridge. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 279
- Idiomas: Inglés
When the idea of copyright was enshrined in the Constitution it was intended to induce citizens to create. Today, however, copyright has morphed into a system that offers the bulk of its protection to a select number of major corporate content providers (or Big Copyright), which has turned us from a country of creators into one of consumers who spend, on average, ten hours each day on entertainment. In this alarming but illuminating book, Martin Skladany examines our culture of overconsumption and shows not only how it leads to addiction, but also how it is unraveling important threads - of family, friendship, and community - in our society. Big Copyright versus the People should be read by anyone interested in understanding how Big Copyright managed to get such a lethal grip on our culture and what can be done to loosen it.
Demonstrates the harm of media overconsumption
Links overconsumption to our copyright regime
Offers novel and creative ideas to reduce the harms of excessive copyright
Part I. Theory:
1. Capture
2. The overconsumption problem
3. The value of creativity
Part II. Practical Proposals For Change:
4. Pressuring big copyright
5. Ignoring big copyright
6. Cooperating with big copyright
Conclusion