Digital Media & Intellectual Property: Management of Rights and Consumer Protection in a Comparative Analysis

Book info: Digital Media & Intellectual Property: Management of Rights and Consumer Protection in a Comparative Analysis (Paperback, 187 pages) – Springer, 2006. Language: English.

This book focuses on intellectual property issues and rights in digital - dia, their connection with consumer protection, and the limits on freedom of contracts imposed by technological power. In particular, it analyzes, from a EU and U.S. comparative perspective, the complex issues concerning legal protection, technological measures and new business models associated with the use, distribution, and control of digital media. The book is based on a research project the author started in 2001 as V- iting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, later developed as Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Law and concluded as Research Associate at the Dip- timento di Scienze Giuridiche – Sezione di Rovigo of the University of Ferrara and as non residential Fellow of the Center for Internet and So- ety, Stanford Law School. Research support for this book has been provided by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship and University of Ferrara. I am particularly indebted to Robert Cooter, Mark Lemley and Pamela Samuelson for providing the occasion that inspired this work while I was at the University of California at Berkeley. I wish to thank all my colleagues and friends from the University of Ferrara, who offered me support, advice and encouragement when I most needed it. Editorial Reviews Review "Nicola Lucchi, an italian academic, has written a thought-provoking book that looks at the familiar issue of DRM from a consumer protection perspective focusing in particular on anti-circumvention measures"..."the book provides a valuable and stimulating discussion of DRM, its legislative and regulatory treatment and its consequences for consumers". (Belinda Isaac, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2007, Vol. 2, N. 8, p. 564). --Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2007, Vol. 2, No. 8, p. 564 Review "Il libro offre una chiara ricostruzione degli attuali sistemi di gestione dei diritti digitali mettendo in luce i concreti pericoli ed i possibili strumenti di tutela per il consumatore nella società dell'informazione. [...] una ricerca comparativa che illustra il mutamento giuridico e tecnologico in atto nel processo di tutela dei diritti di proprietà intellettuale a livello globale". (MARCELLO FARNETI, Studium Iuris, 2006, No. 12, p. 1473)