1st Edition
Disrupting Copyright How Disruptive Innovations and Social Norms are Challenging IP Law
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Disruptive Innovation & the Law
Disruptive v Sustaining Innovation: the core of the theory
What is Disruptive Innovation?
Disruptive Innovation in Legal Discussion
Disruptive Innovation: The Noun, the Theory, and the Challenge
Chapter 2: Technology, law, and shifting society
How Technology Changes Society & Societal Priorities
Law, Society & Technology
Why Disruptive Innovation?
Signal to Noise
Chapter 3: Social Norms and Disruptive Innovations
Norms and Signals
Question: Is the disruptive innovation linked to a demographically significant group?
Question: Have conflicting norms arisen?
Question: Is there interest in the technology?
A Confluence of Factors, or how to affect policy
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Legislating for well known norms: Photocopying
Early Development Period Pre-1959
Disruptive Period Development 1959-1970
Mature Technology Period
Xerography's Social Norm influence on the Law
Chapter 5: Legislating during the disruptive period: Radio
Early Development Pre-1922
Disruptive Period 1922-1927
Mature Technology in the 1930s
Differences between the US & UK
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Legislating Early: Personal Computers
Before the Personal Computer
Early Personal Computers 1976-1979
The Disruptive Period 1980-84
Post 1984
Conclusion
Chapter 7: Disruptive Innovation and Regulation
Innovation and Norms: Identifying Social Needs
Disruptive technologies can highlight laws that require reform
Disruptive innovations requires careful, cautious management by law reformers
Regulating disruptive innovations
Chapter 8: The Principles at Work
The Disruptive Internet
Artificial Intelligence: Disruptive Innovation or not?
Applying the Principles
Conclusion
Chapter 9: Final Thoughts
Index
Biography
Dr. Margery R Hilko lectures at the Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin. With a LLM in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, her PhD was explored how disruptive innovations and the social norms they created affected copyright law. She continues to research in the areas of data protection, internet law, and intellectual property.
