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Networks of Power in Digital Copyright Law and Policy Political Salience, Expertise and the Legislative Process

By Benjamin Farrand Copyright 2014
222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

222 Pages
by Routledge

In this book, Benjamin Farrand employs an interdisciplinary approach that combines legal analysis with political theory to explore the development of copyright law in the EU. Farrand utilises Foucault’s concept of Networks of Power and Culpepper’s Quiet Politics to assess the adoption and enforcement of copyright law in the EU, including the role of industry representative, cross-border... Read more

Introduction, 1 Networks of Power, Quiet Politics and Political Salience: - establishing a framework for analyzing European digital copyright initiatives, 2 European digital copyright law. 3 One market, divided? The fragmented state of the market for digital music distribution in the European Union, and judicial approaches to territorial restrictions, 4 Networks of Power I: - The role of industry representatives in framing policies regarding the scope and duration of copyright, 5 Networks of Power II: - The role of industry representatives in framing policies regarding the enforcement of copyright, 6 Networks of Power III: - The role of industry representatives in framing policies regarding cross-border licensing, 7 Power and Resistance I: - Where there is Power, there is Resistance, 8 Power and Resistance II: - (In)Civil society, Changing Networks and the Unquiet Politics

Biography

Benjamin Farrand is Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law and Policy at the University of Strathclyde, UK. His research predominantly focuses on the interaction between political processes and intellectual property law, with particular interest in principles of networked governance, technology regulation and human enhancement technologies.